Response of semen parameters to three training modalities

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1941-1946

  Vaamonde, Diana ^a   Da Silva Grigoletto, Marzo Edir ^b   García Manso, Juan Manuel ^c   Vaamonde Lemos, Ricardo ^a   Swanson, Robert James ^d   Oehninger, Sergio Carlos ^e  

^a Universidad de Cordoba   (Spain)

^b Andalusian Center of Sports Medicine   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^d OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Male infertility; physically active; seminal profile; sports; training; triathlon; water polo

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LIQUEFACTION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PARAMETER; PH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; SPORT; TRAINING; VISCOSITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; SEMEN; SPORTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70749119118     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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