Effects of an entire season on physical fitness in elite female handball players

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 351-361

  Granados, Cristina ^a   Izquierdo, Mikel ^a   Ibàñez, Javier ^a   Ruesta, Maite ^a   Gorostiaga, Esteban M ^a  

^a Studies and Sport Medicine Center   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arm throwing; Muscle power; Muscle strength; Training schedule; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORTS SCIENCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPAIN; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38349150657     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31815b4905     Document Type: Article

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