Skeletal muscle pathology in endurance athletes with acquired training intolerance

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 697-703

  Grobler, L A ^a   Collins, M ^b   Lambert, M I ^a   Sinclair Smith, C ^a   Derman, W ^a   St Clair Gibson, A ^a   Noakes, T D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED TRAINING INTOLERANCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MYOPATHY; PHYSICAL STRESS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPORT INJURY; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC INJURIES; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 10044275521     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2003.006502     Document Type: Article

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