Scaling for size: Relevance to understanding the effects of growth on performance

The Young Athlete

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 50-62

  Welsman, Joanne R ^a   Armstrong, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78650668143     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470696255.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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