Using basketball test battery to monitor players with mental retardation across 2 sports seasons

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2345-2350

  Baldari, Carlo ^a   Franciosi, Emanuele ^a   Gallotta, Maria Chiara ^a   Emerenziani, Gian Pietro ^a   Reis, Victor MacHado ^b   Guidetti, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Intellectual disability; Sport assessment; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 70449389116     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181bb7313     Document Type: Article

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