Effects of an extreme endurance race on energy balance and body composition - A case study

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 154-162

  Bircher, Stefan ^a,c   Enggist, Andreas ^b   Jehle, Thomas ^c   Knechtle, Beat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Enggist Medical Fitness   (Switzerland)

^c Fürstentum ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cycling; Energy expenditure; Extreme endurance; Heart rate monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645882252     PISSN: 13032968     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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