Age and gender interactions in ultraendurance performance: Insight from the triathlon

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 134-139

  Lepers, Romuald ^a   Maffiuletti, Nicola A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

aging; cycling; gender difference; running; Swimming; ultraendurance exercise

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650924723     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e57997     Document Type: Article

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