Body composition assessment in athletes with spinal cord injury: Comparison of field methods with dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Spinal Cord

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 698-704

  Mojtahedi, M C ^a   Valentine, R J ^a   Evans, E M ^a  

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

Author keywords

Athletes; Body composition; Fat; Spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPINAL CORD INJURY; UNITED STATES;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149092197     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sc.2009.20     Document Type: Article

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