Is the feeling of heavy legs in overtrained athletes related to impaired hemorheology?

Clinical Hemorheology and Microcirculation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 151-159

  Varlet Marie, E ^a   Gaudard, A ^a   Mercier, J ^b   Bressolle, F ^a   Brun, J F ^b  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b LAPEYRONIE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aggregability; Athletes; Blood viscosity; Heavy legs; Overtraining; Plasma viscosity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; BODY MASS; CHRONIC VEIN INSUFFICIENCY; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; FEELING OF HEAVY LEGS; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVEREXERTION; PLASMA VISCOSITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BLOOD VISCOSITY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; EXERCISE; HEMORHEOLOGY; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSATION; SPORTS;

EID: 0037783226     PISSN: 13860291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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