Training and bioenergetic characteristics in elite male and female Kenyan runners

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 297-304

  Billat, Veronique ^a,c,d   Lepretre, Pierre Marie ^c   Heugas, Anne Marie ^b   Laurence, Mille Hamard ^a   Salim, Drai ^c   Koralsztein, Jean Pierre ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c Sport Medicine Center CCAS   (France)

^d Centre de Medecine du Sport CCAS   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Oxygen uptake; Performance; Running; VO2max

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOENERGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 12244307848     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000053556.59992.A9     Document Type: Article

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