Position statement: Testing physical condition in a population - How good are the methods?

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 257-267

  Jørgensen, Torben ^a   Andersen, Lars B ^b,c   Froberg, Karsten ^c   Maeder, Urs ^d   von Huth Smith, Lisa ^a   Aadahl, Mette ^a  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Physical activity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

EID: 79961023313     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390902862664     Document Type: Article

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