Running performance differences between men and women: An update

Sports Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1017-1024

  Cheuvront, Samuel N ^a   Carter III, Robert ^a   Deruisseau, Keith C ^b   Moffatt, Robert J ^c  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC EXERCISE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN BLOOD LEVEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION; VELOCITY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 29144440118     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 01121642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200535120-00002     Document Type: Review

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