Secular trends in body dimensions and physical fitness among adolescents in Sweden from 1974 to 1995
- 13 March 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
- Vol. 13 (2), 128-137
- https://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0838.2003.10274.x
Abstract
Aim: To investigate changes over time in body dimensions, and muscular and aerobic fitness in a representative sample of 16-year-old-girls and boys in secondary schools in Sweden from 1974 to 1995 (...Keywords
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