Anthropometry and body composition of female handball players according to competitive level or the playing position

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1301-1309

  Chiara, Milanese ^a,b   Piscitelli, Francesco ^a   Lampis, Chiara ^a   Zancanaro, Carlo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body fat mass; Body lean mass; DXA; Skinfold

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENT; BONE DENSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; SPORT;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FLUID COMPARTMENTS; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; BONE DENSITY; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; SPORTS; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052051525     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.591419     Document Type: Article

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