Masters athletes. Factors affecting performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-285

  Maharam, Lewis G ^a,f   Bauman, Phillip A ^b   Kalman, Douglas ^c   Skolnik, Heidi ^d   Perle, Stephen M ^e  

^a Greater New York Regional Chapter   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Peak Wellness   (United States)

^d Nutr Consultant for New York F   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRIDGEPORT   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; MINERAL; VITAMIN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; JOINT DEGENERATION; MINERAL INTAKE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS;

EID: 0032708362     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-199928040-00005     Document Type: Review

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