Pediatric resistance training: Benefits, concerns, and program design considerations

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 161-168

  Faigenbaum, Avery D ^a   Myer, Gregory D ^b,c,d  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Sports Medicine Biodynamics Center   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FITNESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL DEVELOPMENT; PEDIATRICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; TRUNK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REST; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT LIFTING;

EID: 77954338509     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/JSR.0b013e3181de1214     Document Type: Review

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