Impact of Ramadan on physical performance in professional soccer players

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 398-400

  Zerguini, Yacine ^a   Kirkendall, Donald ^b   Junge, Astrid ^b   Dvorak, Jiri ^b  

^a Centre d'Evaluation et d'Expertise en Medecine du Sport   (Algeria)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGILITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SPORT; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOSLEM; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SLEEP PATTERN; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FASTING; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; SLEEP; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34249986374     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.032037     Document Type: Article

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