Similarity of anthropometric measures for male ultra-triathletes and ultra-runners

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 805-818

  Knechtle, Beat ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; ENDURANCE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS; SWIMMING; SWITZERLAND; TIME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BICYCLING; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SWIMMING; SWITZERLAND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79952530867     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/05.25.PMS.111.6.805-818     Document Type: Article

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