Relationships between body composition, body dimensions, and peak speed in cross-country sprint skiing

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-169

  Stöggl, Thomas ^a,b   Enqvist, Jonas ^c   Erich, Müller ^a,b   Holmberg, Hans Christer ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Olympic Committee   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diagonal stride; Double poling; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Pole length

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARM; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949385843     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903414160     Document Type: Article

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