Alpha-fitness test battery: Healthrelated field-based fitness tests assessment in children and adolescents;Batería alpha-fitness: Test de campo para la evaluación de la condición física relacionada con la salud en niños y adolescentes

Nutricion Hospitalaria

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1210-1214

  Ruiz, J R ^a,b,c   Espana Romero V ^c,d   Castro Pinero J ^b,e   Artero, E G ^c,d   Ortega, F B ^b,c   Cuenca Garcia M ^c   Jimenez Pavon D ^c,f   Chillon P ^a   Girela Rejon J M ^a   Mora, J ^e   Gutierrez A ^c   Suni, J ^g   Sjostrom M ^b   Castillo, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g UKK INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH PROMOTION RESEARCH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Health; Physical activity; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84858246560     PISSN: 02121611     EISSN: 16995198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3305/nh.2011.26.6.5270     Document Type: Article

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