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Genetic and environmental determination of tracking in static strength during adolescence.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Oct 2005
Peeters Maarten W, Thomis Martine A, Maes Hermine H M, Beunen Gaston P, Loos Ruth J F, Claessens Albrecht L, Vlietinck Robert
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether the observed phenotypic stability in static strength during adolescence, as measured by interage correlations in arm pull, is mainly caused by genetic and/or environmental factors. Subjects were from the Leuven Longitudinal Twin Study (n = 105 pairs, equally divided over 5 zygosity groups). Arm-pull data were aligned on age at peak height velocity to attenuate...
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