Physiological variables and performance markers of serving soldiers from two "elite" units of the British Army

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 597-604

  Simpson, Richard J ^a   Gray, Susan C ^a   Florida James, Geraint D ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bruce protocol; Field study; Load carriage; Mental toughness; Military fitness tests; Performance indicators

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARMY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUNTAINEERING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIMETRY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHARACTER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RUNNING;

EID: 33645845745     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500230811     Document Type: Article

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