Physiological consequences of U.S. Army Ranger training

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1380-1387

  Nindl, Bradley C ^a   Barnes, Brian R ^a   Alemany, Joseph A ^a   Frykman, Peter N ^a   Shippee, Ronald L ^a   Friedl, Karl E ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Physical performance; Soldiers; Stress hormones; Vertical jump; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SOLDIER; STRENGTH; TRAINING;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 34548324857     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318067e2f7     Document Type: Article

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