Twenty-metre shuttle run test performance of English children aged 11 - 15 years in 2007: Comparisons with international standards

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 953-957

  Sandercock, Gavin ^a   Voss, Christine ^a   Gladwell, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise test; Physical fitness; Running

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 46649108727     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410801910301     Document Type: Article

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