Is heart rate a convenient tool to monitor overreaching? A systematic review of the literature

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 709-714

  Bosquet, L ^a,b   Merkari, S ^a   Arvisais, D ^a   Aubert, A E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CALCULATION; DATA BASE; DISEASE MARKER; EMBASE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MEDLINE; OVER REACHING; OVEREXERTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; REST; TRAINING;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING;

EID: 52249084516     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.042200     Document Type: Article

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