An integrated physiological and performance profile of professional tennis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 531-536

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

^a Australian Institute of Sport ^*

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^d TENNIS AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; KINEMATICS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE DENSITY; TENNIS; VELOCITY;

EID: 34547660701     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2006.031351     Document Type: Article

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