From Oxford to Hawaii ecophysiological barriers limit human progression in ten sport monuments

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Desgorces, François Denis ^a,b   Berthelot, Geoffroy ^a   El Helou, Nour ^a   Thibault, Valérie ^a   Guillaume, Marlon ^a   Tafflet, Muriel ^c   Hermine, Olivier ^a,b,d   Toussaint, Jean François ^a,b,e  

^a Université Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; SKIING; SPORTS MEDICINE; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENDURANCE; EVOLUTION; FITNESS; GEOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; EVOLUTION; GEOGRAPHY; HAWAII; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 56649120415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003653     Document Type: Article

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