Reliability of wingate testing in adolescents with down syndrome

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-54

  Guerra, Myriam ^a   Giné Garriga, Maria ^a   Fernhall, Bo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOWN SYNDROME; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 63849240467     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.21.1.47     Document Type: Article

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