Tests of muscle power output: The role of body size

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-106

  Nedeljkovic, A ^a   Mirkov, D M ^a   Bozic, P ^a   Jaric, Slobodan ^b  

^a Faculty of Sport and Physical Education   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometric; Body height; Body mass; Normalization; Scaling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349129341     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: 14393964     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038886     Document Type: Article

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