Kinanthropometric differences between 1997 World championship junior elite and 2011 national junior elite triathletes

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 444-449

  Landers, Grant J ^a   Ong, Kuan Boon ^b   Ackland, Timothy R ^a   Blanksby, Brian A ^a   Main, Luana C ^c   Smith, Darren ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b SULTAN IDRIS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Private Triathlon Coach ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Morphology; Proportionality; Somatotype; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; HUMAN; HUMERUS; KINANTHROPOMETRY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATOTYPE; THIGH; TRIATHLON; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; PROPORTIONALITY; SOMATOTYPE; TRIATHLON;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; BODY SIZE; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881609901     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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