Upper arm circumference is associated with race performance in ultra-endurance runners

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 295-299

  Knechtle, B ^a,b   Knechtle, P ^a   Schulze, I ^b   Kohler, G ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^b Deutschlandlauf ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; ENDURANCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; THIGH;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 42249092820     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.038570     Document Type: Article

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