Hormonal responses to daily strenuous walking during 4 successive days

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 88, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 122-127

  Väänänen, Ilkka ^a,d   Vasankari, Tommi ^b,e   Mäntysaari, Matti ^c   Vihko, Veikko ^a  

^a LIKES RESEARCH CENTER FOR SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c CENTRAL MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d LAB University of Applied Sciences   (Finland)

^e Finnish Sports Institute   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Gonadotropins; Immunofluorometric assay; Testosterone; Walking

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; PLASMA PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; FLUOROMETRY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WALKING; ADULT; BLOOD; BODY WEIGHT; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; BODY WEIGHT; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; TESTOSTERONE; TIME FACTORS; WALKING;

EID: 0345856354     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0689-y     Document Type: Article

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