Alongitudinal assessment of running economy and tendon properties in long-distance runners

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1724-1731

  Kubo, Keitaro ^b   Tabata, Tomonori ^a   Ikebukuro, Toshihiro ^a   Igarashi, Katsumi ^a   Tsunoda, Naoya ^a  

^a KOKUSHIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Knee extensor; Oxygen consumption; Plantar flexor; Tendon elongation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMAN; KNEE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON;

BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; KNEE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; TENDONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956916669     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181ddf847     Document Type: Article

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