Total body fat percentage and body mass index and the association with lower extremity injuries in children: A 2.5-year longitudinal study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 1497-1501

  Jespersen, Eva ^a   Verhagen, Evert ^b   Holst, René ^a   Klakk, Heidi ^a   Heidemann, Malene ^c   Rexen, Christina Trifonov ^a   Franz, Claudia ^a   Wedderkopp, Niels ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; INJURIES; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84907590215     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092790     Document Type: Article

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