The Significance of Muscular Strength in Dance

Journal of Dance Medicine and Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 29-34

  Koutedakis, Yiannis ^a,b   Stavropoulos Kalinoglou, Antonis ^b   Metsios, Giorgos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 63849281460     PISSN: 1089313X     EISSN: 23748060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089313X0500900106     Document Type: Review

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