The effects of running 1,200 km within 17 days on body composition in a female ultrarunner-Deutschlandlauf 2007

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-188

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b,e   Duff, Brida ^a   Schulze, Ingo ^c   Kohler, Gotz ^d  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Deutschlandlauf   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^e Gesundheitszentrum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body water; Gender; Percent body fat; Ultraendurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOENERGY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; ENDURANCE SPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MARATHON RUNNER; MUSCLE MASS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WATER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 51649083513     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438620802104120     Document Type: Article

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