Growth, maturation, functional capacities and sport-specific skills in 12-13 year-old- Basketball players

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 174-181

  Coelho E Silva, M J ^a   Moreira Carvalho, H ^a   Goncalves C E ^a   Figueiredo, A J ^a   Elferink Gemser, M T ^b   Philippaerts, R M ^c   Malina, R M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Basketball; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ENDURANCE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PUBERTY;

ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASKETBALL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PUBERTY;

EID: 77958452553     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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