Monitoring seasonal and long-term changes in test performance in elite swimmers

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 145-154

  Anderson, Megan E ^a,c   Hopkins, William G ^b   Roberts, Alan D ^c   Pyne, David B ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lactate; Reliability; Skinfolds; Stroke; Testing and evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948929773     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390500529574     Document Type: Article

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