Physiological differences in professional basketball players as a function of playing position and level of play

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-294

  Sallet, P ^a,c   Perrier, D ^a   Ferret, J M ^a   Vitelli, V ^a   Baverel, G ^b  

^a Medical Sports Center   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c Centre Medico Sportif de la Ville de Lyon ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Basketball; Exercise test; Physiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BASKETBALL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLAY; SPORT; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BASKETBALL; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FATIGUE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 28544451547     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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