Weight cycling alters muscular strength and endurance, ratings of perceived exertion, and total body water in college wrestlers

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 87, Issue 3 PART 1, 1998, Pages 975-978

  Wenos, David L ^a   Amato, Herbert K ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SHOULDER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRESTLING;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WATER; COGNITION; DEHYDRATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; EXERTION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SHOULDER; WEIGHT LOSS; WRESTLING;

EID: 0032247571     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.87.3.975     Document Type: Article

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