Reference values for body composition and anthropometric measurements in athletes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Santos, Diana A ^a   Dawson, John A ^b   Matias, Catarina N ^a   Rocha, Paulo M ^a,c   Minderico, Cláudia S ^a   Allison, David B ^b   Sardinha, Luís B ^a   Silva, Analiza M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Sport Medicine and Training Control Unit Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CIRCUMFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MINERAL; CALF CIRCUMFERENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; FEMALE; HIP CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CIRCUMFERENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOFT TISSUE; SPORT; THIGH CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901319064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097846     Document Type: Article

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