Interrelationships among invasive and non-invasive indicators of biological maturation in adolescent male soccer players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1705-1717

  Malina, Robert M ^a,b   Silva, Manuel J Coelho E ^c   Figueiredo, António J ^c   Carling, Christopher ^d   Beunen, Gaston P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d Centre de Formation   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age at peak height velocity; Height prediction; Sexual maturation; Skeletal age; Young athletes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE; CHILD; GROWTH; HAIR; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; GROWTH; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; SOCCER;

EID: 84867597225     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2011.639382     Document Type: Article

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