Fatigue in tennis: Mechanisms of fatigue and effect on performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 199-212

  Hornery, Daniel J ^a,b,c,f   Farrow, Damian ^a   Mujika, Iñigo ^d,e   Young, Warren ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^c TENNIS AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Athletic Club of Bilbao ^*  (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f AIS Tennis   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CARBOHYDRATE;

DEHYDRATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATIGUE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SPORTS MEDICINE; TENNIS; VELOCITY;

BRAIN; DEHYDRATION; FATIGUE; FEVER; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MOTOR SKILLS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TENNIS;

EID: 33847700887     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737030-00002     Document Type: Review

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