Effects of ramadan intermittent fasting on middle-distance running performance in well-trained runners

Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 422-427

  Brisswalter, Jeanick ^a   Bouhlel, Ezzedine ^b   Falola, Jean Marie ^c   Abbiss, Christopher R ^d   Vallier, Jean Marc ^a   Hauswirth, Christophe ^e  

^a University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^d EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e National Institute of Sport Expertise and Performance   (France)

Author keywords

anaerobic performance; muscular strength; running efficiency; VO 2 kinetics

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; EXERCISE; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; FASTING; HUMANS; ISLAM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; THIGH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052451847     PISSN: 1050642X     EISSN: 15363724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSM.0b013e3182293891     Document Type: Article

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