Changes in cardiorespiratory fitness in 9- to 10.9-year-old children: Sportslinx 1998-2010

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 481-486

  Boddy, Lynne M ^a   Fairclough, Stuart J ^a   Atkinson, Greg ^a   Stratton, Gareth ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIORESPIRATORY FITNESS; CHILDREN; MATURATION; SPORTSLINX

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84857639617     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182300267     Document Type: Article

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