Physical and Physiological Factors Associated with Success in Professional Alpine Skiing

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 571-575

  Neumayr, G ^a   Hoertnagl, H ^a   Pfister, R ^a   Koller, A ^a   Eibl, C ^b   Raas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Alpine skiing; Anthropometrical features; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; AUSTRIA; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; LEG; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RECORDING; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIGH; TORQUE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX FACTORS; SKIING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0242492160     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-43270     Document Type: Article

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