Timing of adolescent somatic maturity and midlife muscle function: A 34-yr follow-up

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1729-1734

  Beunen, Gaston P ^a   Peeters, Maarten W ^a   Matton, Lynn ^a   Claessens, Albrecht L ^a   Thomis, Martine A ^a   Lefevre, Johan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age at peak height velocity; Lean body mass; Middle aged; Muscle power; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BONE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MATURITY; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; VELOCITY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 69349103479     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181a15530     Document Type: Article

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