Measuring circadian advantage in major league baseball: A 10-year retrospective study

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 394-401

  Christopher Winter, W ^a   Hammond, William R ^a   Green, Noah H ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^b   Bliwise, Donald L ^c  

^a Martha Jefferson Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic performance; Circadian rhythms; Jet lag; Time zone; Travel

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BASEBALL; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME PERCEPTION; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73949145366     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.4.3.394     Document Type: Article

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