Aerobic fitness and field test performance in elite Spanish soccer referees of different ages

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 382-389

  Casajus, José Antonio ^a   Castagna, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ageing; Endurance; Maximal oxygen uptake; Muscle performance; Sprinting; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGING; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG VENTILATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; RUNNING; SITTING; SPAIN; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SOCCER; SPAIN;

EID: 35349017288     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2006.08.004     Document Type: Article

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