Salivary cortisol in top-level professional soccer players

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-30

  Moreira, Alexandre ^a,c   Arsati, Franco ^b   de Oliveira Lima Arsati, Ynara Bosco ^b   da Silva, Danilo Augusto ^a   de Araújo, Vera Cavalcanti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO LEOPOLDO MANDIC INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Brazil)

^c Inst Oceanografico da Univ de S   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Salivary steroid; Soccer; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; TEAM SPORT;

EID: 67349206144     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-0984-y     Document Type: Article

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