Circadian variation in sports performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 292-312

  Atkinson, Greg ^a   Reilly, Thomas ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CHRONOBIOLOGY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; JET LAG; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SLEEP; SPORT; TEMPERATURE; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0029871037     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199621040-00005     Document Type: Review

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