Reliability of squat and countermovement jump tests in children 6 to 8 years of age

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-160

  Martín Acero, Rafael ^a   Fernández del Olmo, Miguel ^a   Andrés Sánchez, José ^a   Luis Otero, Xosé ^b   Aguado, Xavier ^c   Rodríguez, Ferrán A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952461069     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.23.1.151     Document Type: Article

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