Birth size, infant weight gain, and motor development influence adult physical performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1212-1221

  Ridgway, Charlotte L ^a   Ong, Ken K ^a   Tammelin, Tuija ^b   Sharp, Stephen J ^a   Ekelund, Ulf ^a,d   Jarvelin, Marjo Ritta ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease risk factors; Fitnessgram; Physical fitness; Roc curve; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETER; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINLAND; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; STANDING; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEWBORN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67650091950     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31819794ab     Document Type: Article

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