Asymmetry in volume between dominant and nondominant upper limbs in young tennis players

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 263-272

  Rogowski, Isabelle ^a   Ducher, Gaële ^a   Brosseau, Olivier ^a   Hautier, Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MATURITY; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT; TENNIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TENNIS; UPPER EXTREMITY;

EID: 53349147967     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.20.3.263     Document Type: Article

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