Effects of dominant somatotype on aerobic capacity trainability

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 954-959

  Chaouachi, Mustapha ^a   Chaouachi, A ^b   Chamari, K ^b   Chtara, M ^a   Feki, Y ^a   Amri, M ^a   Trudeau, F ^c  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE IN SPORTS CNMSS   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALLOMETRY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AFRICA; SOMATOTYPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

EID: 28444458840     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2005.019943     Document Type: Article

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