Psychoendocrine and physical performance responses in male tunisian rugby players during an international competitive season

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 623-632

  Elloumi, Mohamed ^a,b   Ounis, Omar Ben ^b   Tabka, Zouhair ^b   Van Praagh, Emmanuel ^a   Michaux, Odile ^a   Lac, Gérard ^a  

^a Bat Biologie B   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Competition; Hormones; Psychological stresses; Rugby; Training

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALIVA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 56849101907     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: 10982337     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.20276     Document Type: Article

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