Cross-cultural comparisons of aerobic and muscular fitness in Tanzanian and English youth: An allometric approach.
Comparisons of physical fitness measures between children or within group measures over time are potentially confounded by differences in body size. We compared measures of strength (handgrip) and aerobic fitness (running-speed [20m shuttle-run]) of 10.0-15.9 year-olds from Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211414 |