An ironman triathlon does not lead to a change in body mass in female triathletes

Research in Sports Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 115-126

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Wirth, Andrea ^b   Baumann, Barbara ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Kohler, Götz ^c   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Senn, Oliver ^b  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body fat; Endurance performance; Gender; Skeletal muscle mass; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

SODIUM; UREA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BODY WATER; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMA VOLUME; RELATIVE DENSITY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WATER; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLASMA VOLUME; RUNNING; SODIUM; SPECIFIC GRAVITY; SWIMMING; UREA;

EID: 77951223654     PISSN: 15438627     EISSN: 15438635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15438621003627059     Document Type: Article

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