Influence of training loads on patterns of illness in elite distance runners

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-250

  Fricker, Peter A ^a,b   Pyne, David B ^a,b   Saunders, Philo U ^a   Cox, Amanda J ^a,c   Gleeson, Maree ^c   Telford, Richard D ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athletes; Respiratory illness; Running; Training intensity; Training volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELITE DISTANCE RUNNER; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RUNNING; STUDY; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WINTER; WORKLOAD;

EID: 22944491747     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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