Cycling and running performance, not anthropometric factors, are associated with race performance in a triple iron triathlon

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 257-269

  Knechtle, B ^a   Duff, B ^a   Amtmann, G ^b   Kohler, G ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b Sport Project   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index; Endurance performance; Percent body fat; Skeletal muscle mass; Skinfold thickness; Ultraendurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 37549002131     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620701693264     Document Type: Article

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