Longitudinal Assessment of NCAA Division I Football Body Composition by Season and Player Age

Affiliations

¹ School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
³ Performance and Data Analytics, Athlete Performance Center, Santa Monica, California.
⁴ Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
⁵ Department of Kinesiology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.
⁶ Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; and.
⁷ Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

Therese K Wichmann et al. J Strength Cond Res. 2022.

. 2022 Jun 1;36(6):1682-1690.

doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000004256. Epub 2022 Mar 23.

¹ School of Kinesiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
² School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
³ Performance and Data Analytics, Athlete Performance Center, Santa Monica, California.
⁴ Nebraska Athletic Performance Laboratory, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
⁵ Department of Kinesiology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas.
⁶ Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas; and.
⁷ Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas.

No abstract available

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