Effect of intense military training on body composition

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 503-508

  Malavolti, Marcella ^a   Battistini, Nino C ^a   Dugoni, Manfredo ^a   Bagni, Bruno ^a   Bagni, Ilaria ^a   Pietrobelli, Angelo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body weight change; Fat mass; Fat free mass; Physical activity; Sport

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOLDIER;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 50949098931     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318163441f     Document Type: Article

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