Decrease in body fat during an ultra-endurance triathlon is associated with race intensity

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 609-613

  Knechtlet, B ^a,c,d   Schwanke, M ^a   Knechtle, P ^a   Kohler, G ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; THIGH; TRIATHLON;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING;

EID: 47349089402     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.040956     Document Type: Article

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