The validity and reliability of a global positioning satellite system device to assess speed and repeated sprint ability (RSA) in athletes

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 232-235

  Barbero Álvarez, José C ^a   Coutts, Aaron ^b   Granda, Juan ^a   Barbero Álvarez, Verónica ^a   Castagna, Carlo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fitness assessment; GPS technology; High intensity exercise; Soccer; Team sports

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY MASS; FOOTBALL; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RUNNING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VALIDATION STUDY; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RUNNING; SPACECRAFT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77049093761     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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