Association between academic achievement and physical status including physical activity, aerobic and muscular fitness tests in adolescent boys

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 27-33

  Kalantari, Hassan Ali ^a   Esmaeilzadeh, Samad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescent boys; Cumulative grade point averages; Muscular fitness; One mile run walk test

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT OBESITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGILITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FITNESS; GRIP STRENGTH; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VELOCITY; FEMALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 84952873386     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12199-015-0495-x     Document Type: Article

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