Morphological profiles for first-year national collegiate athletic association division i football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 243-249

  Kaiser, Grady E ^a   Womack, John W ^a   Green, John S ^a   Pollard, Ben ^a   Miller, Greg S ^a   Crouse, Stephen F ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Body composition; Body mass index; Health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; FOOTBALL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 41649105135     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31815f5d97     Document Type: Article

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