Scaling lower-limb isokinetic strength for biological maturation and body size in adolescent basketball players

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2881-2889

  Carvalho, Humberto Moreira ^a   Coelho E Silva, Manuel ^a   Valente Dos Santos, João ^a   Gonçalves, Rui Soles ^b   Philippaerts, Renaat ^c   Malina, Robert ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^e TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Anthropometry; Maturity offset basketball; Moments of force; Proportional allometric modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864867972     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2259-7     Document Type: Article

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