Motor fitness in Dutch youth: Differences over a 26-year period (1980-2006)

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-328

  Runhaar, J ^a   Collard, D C M ^a   Singh, A S ^a   Kemper, H C G ^a   van Mechelen, W ^a   Chinapaw, M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Children; MOPER fitness test; Neuromotor fitness; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950188978     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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