Advancing the debate on 'fitness testing' for children: Perhaps we're riding the wrong animal

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 176-182

  Lloyd, Meghann ^a   Colley, Rachel C ^a   Tremblay, Mark S ^a  

^a Children's Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FITNESS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

CHILD; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 77952680067     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.22.2.176     Document Type: Note

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