Physical fitness levels among European adolescents: The HELENA study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-29

  Ortega, F B ^a,b   Artero, E G ^a   Ruiz, J R ^a,b   Espana Romero V ^a,b   Jimenez Pavon D ^a,c   Vicente Rodriguez, G ^d   Moreno, L A ^d   Manios, Y ^e   Beghin L ^f   Ottevaere, C ^g   Ciarapica, D ^h   Sarri, K ⁱ   Dietrich, S ^j   Blair, S N ^k   Kersting, M ^l   Molnar, D ^m   Gonzalez Gross M ^c   Gutiérrez, Á ^a   Sjostrom M ^b   Castillo, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f UNIV LILLE   (France)

^g GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^h ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^j MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 78650906746     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.062679     Document Type: Article

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