Profiles of trunk and thigh muscularity in youth and professional soccer players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1472-1479

  Kubo, Takahiro ^a   Muramatsu, Masataka ^b   Hoshikawa, Yoshihiro ^b   Kanehisa, Hiroaki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age related difference; Bilateral asymmetry; CSA; Lateral dominance; Lean body mass

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY WEIGHT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSOAS MUSCLE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SPORT; THIGH;

ADOLESCENT; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ATHLETES; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PSOAS MUSCLES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SOCCER; THIGH; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956632062     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181d32eb1     Document Type: Article

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