Physiological and anthropometric determinants of rhythmic gymnastics performance

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-54

  Douda, Helen T ^a   Toubekis, Argyris G ^a   Avloniti, Alexandra A ^a   Tokmakidis, Savvas P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Kinanthropometry; Ranking score; Rhythmic gymnasts; VO2max

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849136601     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.3.1.41     Document Type: Article

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