Differences in ultra-endurance exercise in performance-matched male and female runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-365

  Speechly, David P ^a   Taylor, Sheila R ^a   Rogers, Geoffrey G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ENDURANCE EXERCISE; EXERCISE PERFORMANCE; FAT UTILIZATION; FRACTION OF V O(2max); GENDER DIFFERENCES

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID OXIDATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; EXERCISE; FATTY ACIDS, NONESTERIFIED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0029930341     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199603000-00011     Document Type: Article

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