Reliability and validity of test concepts for the cross-country skiing sprint

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 586-591

  Stöggl, Thomas ^a,b,c   Lindinger, Stefan ^a,b   Müller, Erich ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE FOR MICROELECTRONICS   (Austria)

^c Department of Sport Science and Kinesiology ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Laboratory diagnostics; Maximal velocity; Skiroller; Sprint performance; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; SKIING; SPORTING EVENT; SPORTS SCIENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAINING; TREADMILL; VALIDITY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AUSTRIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SKIING;

EID: 33644842774     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000190789.46685.22     Document Type: Article

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