Sprint vs. interval training in football

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 668-674

  Ferrari Bravo, D ^b   Impellizzeri, Franco M ^a,b   Rampinini, E ^b   Castagna, C ^c   Bishop, D ^d   Wisloff, U ^e  

^a SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^b Mapei SpA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Anaerobic training; Soccer; Specific endurance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC INTERVAL TRAINING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUMPING; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; REPEATED SPRINT ABILITY TRAINING; RUNNING; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 49449111951     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-989371     Document Type: Article

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