Match activity and physiological load during a clay-court tennis tournament in elite female players

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1589-1595

  Fernandez Fernandez, Jaime ^a   Sanz Rivas, David ^a   Fernandez Garcia, Benjamin ^b   Mendez Villanueva, Alberto ^c  

^a Tennis Performance Research Group   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Blood lactate concentration; Clay court; Female players; Notational analyses; Perceptual responses; Tennis tournament

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPETITION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SITTING; TENNIS; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMANS; LACTATES; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TENNIS; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57249114615     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802287089     Document Type: Article

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