The Impact of Specific High-Intensity Training Sessions on Football Referees' Fitness Levels

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages

  Weston, Matthew ^a   Helsen, Werner ^a   MacMahon, Clare ^b   Kirkendall, Don ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Football refereeing; Intermittent training; Yo Yo test

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC INJURIES; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RUNNING; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0942276467     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503261421     Document Type: Article

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