Reliability of handgrip strength test in basketball players

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-36

  Gerodimos, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Hand preference; Isometric strength; Test retest

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859393421     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-012-0003-y     Document Type: Article

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