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Citius, Altius, Fortius: beneficial effects of resistance training for young athletes: Narrative review

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  • Avery D Faigenbaum Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, New Jersey, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rhodri S Lloyd School of Sport, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • James MacDonald Department of Paediatrics and Family Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA Division of Sports Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Gregory D Myer Division of Sports Medicine, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA The Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention, Waltham, Massachusetts, USA The Sports Health and Performance Institute, OSU Sports Medicine, Ohio State University Medical Centre, Columbus, Ohio, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Avery D Faigenbaum, Department of Health and Exercise Science, The College of New Jersey, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628 USA; faigenba{at}tcnj.edu
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Faigenbaum AD, Lloyd RS, MacDonald J, et al
Citius, Altius, Fortius: beneficial effects of resistance training for young athletes: Narrative review
British Journal of Sports Medicine 2016;50:3-7.

Publication history

  • Accepted May 15, 2015
  • First published June 18, 2015.
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October 11, 2022

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