Physiological characteristics of elite professional soccer teams of different ranking

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 515-519

  Kalapotharakos, V I ^a   Strimpakos, N ^a   Vithoulka, I ^a   Karvounidis, C ^a   Diamantopoulos, K ^a   Kapreli, E ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lactate threshold; Peak torque; Soccer performance; Vertical jump ability

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; KNEE FUNCTION; RUNNING; SPORT; TORQUE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SOCCER; TORQUE;

EID: 33846448699     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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