Do gender differences in running performance disappear with distance?

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-145

  Coast, J Richard ^a   Blevins, Jennifer S ^a   Wilson, Brian A ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human locomotion; Male vs. female; Running records

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEEDING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MUSCLE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING;

EID: 1942443818     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h04-010     Document Type: Article

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