Changes in selected biochemical, muscular strength, power, and endurance measures during deliberate overreaching and tapering in rugby league players

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-124

  Coutts, Aaron ^a   Reaburn, P ^b   Piva, T J ^c   Murphy, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Athlete monitoring fatigue; Hormones; Overtraining; Recovery; Team sport

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OVEREXERTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUGBY; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRAINING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CREATINE KINASE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FOOTBALL; GLUTAMIC ACID; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE; TORQUE;

EID: 33847795163     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924145     Document Type: Article

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