Predictor variables for half marathon race time in recreational female runners

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-291

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Barandun, Ursula ^b   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Athlete; Body fat; Endurance; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RECREATION; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECREATION; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79955510788     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000200018     Document Type: Article

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