Women's intercollegiate volleyball and tennis: Effects of warm-up, competition, and practice on saliva levels of cortisol and testosterone

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 606-613

  Edwards, David A ^a   Kurlander, Lauren S ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletic competition; Salivary cortisol; Salivary testosterone; Tennis; Volleyball; Warm up

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SPORTING EVENT; TENNIS; VOLLEYBALL; WARMING;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; SALIVA; TENNIS; TESTOSTERONE; UNIVERSITIES; VOLLEYBALL; WOMEN;

EID: 77956292615     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.06.015     Document Type: Article

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