An individualized longitudinal approach to monitoring the dynamics of growth and fitness development in adolescent athletes

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1313-1321

  Till, Kevin ^a   Cobley, Steve ^b   O'Hara, John ^a   Chapman, Chris ^c   Cooke, Carlton ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Red Hall   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Coaching; Maturation; Rugby league; Talent identification

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOOTBALL; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84878026239     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31828a1ea7     Document Type: Article

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