Anthropometric characteristics of australian junior representative rugby league players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 546-551

  Cheng, Hoi Lun ^a   O'Connor, Helen ^a   Kay, Shelley ^a   Cook, Rebecca ^a   Parker, Helen ^a   Orr, Rhonda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anthropometry; Rugby league; Somatotype

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMUR; HUMAN; HUMERUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; RUGBY; SKINFOLD; SOMATOTYPE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; ATHLETE; AUSTRALIA; CAUCASIAN; FOOTBALL; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; REFERENCE VALUES; SOMATOTYPES;

EID: 84906303874     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.07.020     Document Type: Article

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