Associations of muscular and cardiorespiratory fitness with total and central body fat in adolescents: The HELENA study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 101-108

  Moliner Urdiales, D ^a,b   Ruiz, J R ^b   Vicente Rodriguez, G ^a   Ortega, F B ^b,c   Rey Lopez, J P ^a   Espana Romero V ^b,c   Casajus J A ^a   Molnar, D ^d   Widhalm, K ^e   Dallongeville, J ^f   Gonzalez Gross M ^g   Castillo, M J ^c   Sjostrom M ^b   Moreno, L A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^g UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 79551472832     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.062430     Document Type: Article

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