Age-related differences in 100-m sprint performance in male and female master runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1419-1428

  Korhonen, Marko T ^a   Mero, Antti ^a   Suominen, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aging; Biomechanics; Locomotion; Master athletes; Running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0042707814     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000079080.15333.CA     Document Type: Article

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