Endurance training and performance in runners: Research limitations and unanswered questions

Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 59-73

  Berg, Kris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDURANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYDRATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUTRITION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESEARCH; REVIEW; RUNNING; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPORTS MEDICINE;

EID: 0037233231     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200333010-00005     Document Type: Review

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