Could women outrun men in ultramarathon races?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 244-247

  Bam, Jenefer ^b   Noakes, Timothy D ^b   Juritz, June ^b   Dennis, Steven C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

FATIGUE RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GENDER; MALE; PERFORMANCE; ULTRAMARATHON

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031048755     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199702000-00013     Document Type: Article

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