Anthropometrical characteristics and somatotype of young soccer players and their comparison with the general population

Biology of Sport

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 17-24

  Gil, S M ^a   Gil, J ^a   Ruiz, F ^a   Irazusta, A ^a   Irazusta, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age; Anthropometry; Growth; Soccer; Somatotype; Young

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953996158     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/20831862.906762     Document Type: Article

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