No correlation of anthropometry and race performance in ultra-endurance swimmers at a 12-hours-swim

Anthropologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-79

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Kohler, Götz ^b  

^a FHS StGallen   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

BMI; Body mass index; Endurance performance; Fat mass; Skeletal muscle mass

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING;

EID: 44249117146     PISSN: 00035548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/aa/66/2008/73     Document Type: Article

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