A 26 year physiological description of a National Hockey League team

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 753-760

  Quinney, H A ^a   Dewart, Randy ^a   Game, Alex ^a   Snydmiller, Gary ^b   Warburton, Darren ^c   Bell, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic power; Body composition; Musculo skeletal fitness; Strength; VO2 peak

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CANADA; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FITNESS; HAND STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT; STATISTICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CANADA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HAND STRENGTH; HOCKEY; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 48649106661     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H08-051     Document Type: Article

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