How they won rugby World Cup through height, mass and collective experience

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 580-584

  Sedeaud, Adrien ^a,b   Marc, Andy ^a   Schipman, Julien ^a   Tafflet, Muriel ^c   Hager, Jean Philippe ^d   Toussaint, Jean François ^a,b  

^a Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d French Rugby Federation ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874810729     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2011-090506     Document Type: Article

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