Physical fitness in rural and urban children and adolescents from spain

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 417-423

  Chillón, Palma ^a   Ortega, Francisco B ^a,b   Ferrando, Jose Antonio ^c   Casajus, Jose Antonio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Physical fitness; Residence characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ARM; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; RURAL POPULATION; SPAIN; UPPER EXTREMITY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80955181065     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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