Athlete atypicity on the edge of human achievement: Performances stagnate after the last peak, in 1988

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Berthelot, Geoffroy ^a   Tafflet, Muriel ^a,b   Helou, Nour El ^a,c   Len, Stéphane ^a   Escolano, Sylvie ^a,b   Guillaume, Marion ^a   Nassif, Hala ^a,c   Tolaïni, Julien ^a   Thibault, Valérie ^a   Desgorces, François Denis ^a,c   Hermine, Olivier ^d   Toussaint, Jean François ^a,c,e  

^a Université Sorbonne Paris Cité   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETE ATYPICITY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

HUMANS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77649277619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0008800     Document Type: Article

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