Validity of a repeated-sprint test for football

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 899-905

  Impellizzeri, Franco M ^a   Rampinini, E ^b   Castagna, C ^c   Bishop, D ^d   Ferrari Bravo, D ^b   Tibaudi, A ^b   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

Competitive level; Construct validity; Playing positions; Reliability; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; EXERCISE TEST; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; RUNNING; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56049107890     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1038491     Document Type: Article

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