Inter-relationships among physical activity, body fat, and motor performance in 6- to 8-year-old Danish children

Pediatric Exercise Science

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-209

  Morrison, Kyle M ^a   Bugge, Anna ^b   El Naaman, Bianca ^b   Eisenmann, Joey C ^a   Froberg, Karsten ^b   Pfeiffer, Karin A ^c   Andersen, Lars Bo ^b  

^a HELEN DEVOS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ACTIMETRY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCELERATION; ACTIGRAPHY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR SKILLS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863448937     PISSN: 08998493     EISSN: 15432920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/pes.24.2.199     Document Type: Article

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