Relationships between field fitness test and basal serum testosterone and cortisol levels in soccer players

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 317-322

  Bosco, C ^a,b,c   Tihanyi, J ^b   Viru, A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

^c FIDL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Endurance; Jump performance; Sprint velocity; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; FAST MUSCLE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 0029949967     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.1996.tb00577.x     Document Type: Article

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