Activity profile and physical demands of football referees and assistant referees in international games

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1167-1176

  Krustrup, Peter ^a   Helsen, Werner ^b   Randers, Morten B ^a   Christensen, Jesper F ^a   Macdonald, Christopher ^a   Rebelo, Antonio Natal ^c   Bangsbo, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Distance from infringements; Heart rate; High intensity running; Time motion analysis

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; SOCCER; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 74949084645     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410903220310     Document Type: Article

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