The effects of a supervised resistance-training program on special olympics athletes

Journal of Sport Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 372-379

  Machek, Michael A ^a   Stopka, Christine B ^a   Tillman, Mark D ^a   Sneed, Suzanne M ^a   Naugle, Keith E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Intellectual disabilities; Special populations; Weight training

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849092108     PISSN: 10566716     EISSN: 15433072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jsr.17.4.372     Document Type: Article

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