Hematological recovery in male ultramarathon runners: The effect of variations in training load and running time

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 315-321

  Peters, E M ^a   Robson, P J ^b   Kleinveldt, N C ^a   Naicker, V L ^a   Jogessar, V D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATAL   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c University of Natal ^*

Author keywords

Hematology; Muscle, skeletal, physiology; Running

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CREATINE KINASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTE DIFFERENTIAL COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MYOSITIS; NEUTROPHIL; PREVALENCE; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TIME; TRAINING; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RUNNING;

EID: 11144286643     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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