Genetic influence on athletic performance

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 653-658

  Guth, Lisa M ^a   Roth, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

endurance; fitness; genomics; sport

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTININ 3; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; ARGININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; STROMELYSIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CONCUSSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDURANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEAD INJURY; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOP CODON; STRENGTH; TENDINITIS; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; WOUND HEALING;

ACTININ; ADOLESCENT; ARGININE; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC INJURIES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84888090762     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: 1531698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOP.0b013e3283659087     Document Type: Review

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