Effects of tapering on performance: A meta-analysis

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1358-1365

  Bosquet, Laurent ^a,b   Montpetit, Jonathan ^a   Arvisais, Denis ^a   Mujika, Iñigo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c Athletic Club Bilbao ^*  (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Periodization; Training frequency; Training intensity; Training volume

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CYCLING; DATA ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; RUNNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; EXERTION; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPAIN; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548305305     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31806010e0     Document Type: Article

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