Musculoskeletal performance testing and profiling of elite competitive fencers.
Twenty-four male members of the 1976 United States Olympic Fencing Squad were profiled. Data were collected on anthropometry; flexibility; and muscular strength, endurance, and power. Five of the physical variables measured in the laboratory were shown to have a significant relationship to competitive success.
D000328:Adult; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000502:physiology*; D003201:Computers; D006801:Humans; D007596:Joints / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D010807:Physical Endurance; D005082:Physical Exertion; D010809:Physical Fitness; D013177:Sports; D013178:Sports Medicine