Influence of Ramadan fasting on physiological and performance variables in football players: Summary of the F-MARC 2006 Ramadan fasting study

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2008, Pages

  Zerguini, Yacine ^a   Dvorak, Jiri ^b   Maughan, Ronald J ^c   Leiper, John B ^c   Bartagi, Zakia ^d   Kirkendall, Donald T ^b   Al Riyami, Masoud ^e   Junge, Astrid ^b  

^a Centre d'Evaluation et d'Expertise en Medecine du Sport   (Algeria)

^b FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d National Centre for Medicine and Scientific Research in Sport   (Tunisia)

^e KHOULA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

Nutrition; Performance; Ramadan; Soccer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FLUID INTAKE; FOOTBALL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RELIGION; SODIUM INTAKE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ALGERIA; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FASTING; HEART RATE; HOLIDAYS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCCER; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 57849142406     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410802614944     Document Type: Article

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