Reliability and stability of anthropometric and performance measures in highly-trained young soccer players: effect of age and maturation

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1332-1343

  Buchheit, Martin ^a   Mendez Villanueva, Alberto ^a  

^a ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

Author keywords

adolescence; maximal aerobic speed; maximal sprinting speed; peak height velocity; variability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EVALUATION STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; RUNNING; SOCCER; VALIDATION STUDY; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SOCCER;

EID: 84880947990     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.781662     Document Type: Article

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