Heart rate responses to small-sided games among elite junior rugby league players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 906-911

  Foster, Christine D ^a   Twist, Craig ^a   Lamb, Kevin L ^a   Nicholas, Ceri W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic conditioning; Integrated training; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; FOOTBALL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; COHORT STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950650746     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181aeb11a     Document Type: Article

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