Monitoring and titrating symptoms: A science-based approach to using your brain to optimise marathon running performance

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 408-411

  O'Connor, Patrick J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MARATHON RUNNER; MENTAL HEALTH; OVEREXERTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 34247860879     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737040-00035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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