An increase in school-based physical education increases muscle strength in children

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 997-1003

  Löfgren, Bjarne ^a,c   Daly, Robin M ^b   Nilsson, Jan Åke ^a,c   Dencker, Magnus ^a   Karlsson, Magnus K ^a,c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FEMALE; FITNESS; FRACTURE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BODY COMPOSITION; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876712136     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827c0889     Document Type: Review

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