The effect of a congested fixture period on the activity of elite soccer players

Biology of Sport

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-185

  Rey, E ^a   Lago Penas C ^a   Lago Ballesteros, J ^a   Casais, L ^a   Dellal, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Activity profiles; Fatigue; Football association; Match congestion; Soccer; Time motion analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049298258     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/20831862.919337     Document Type: Article

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