The need for a novel approach to measure body composition:is ultrasound an answer?

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 1001-1002

  Müller, Wolfram ^a   Maughan, Ronald J ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF TEST OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY COMPOSITION METHODOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; ELITE PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORTS MEDICINE; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT REDUCTION; PROCEDURES;

ASSESSING VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY OF TEST OF PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BODY COMPOSITION METHODOLOGY; ELITE PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND; WEIGHT LOSS;

BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; SPORTS MEDICINE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 84885826997     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092882     Document Type: Editorial

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