Master's swimming: An example of successful aging in competitive sport

Current Sports Medicine Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 392-396

  Cooper, Leslie W ^a   Powell, Amy P ^a   Rasch, Jeffrey ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; FORMOTEROL FUMARATE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEUKOTRIENE RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; SALBUTAMOL;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGING; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; BRONCHOSPASM; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HORSE DISEASE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SWIMMING;

EID: 36749059435     PISSN: 1537890X     EISSN: 15378918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11932-007-0058-z     Document Type: Review

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