Body mass and circumference of upper arm are associated with race performance in ultraendurance runners in a multistage race—The isarrun 2006

Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Duff, Brida ^a   Welzel, Ulrich ^a   Kohler, Götz ^b  

^a St Gallen Health Center   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Fat mass; Skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 68149144330     PISSN: 02701367     EISSN: 21683824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2009.10599561     Document Type: Article

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