Effects of ramadan fasting on body composition, aerobic performance and lactate, heart rate and perceptual responses in young soccer players

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-91

  Güvenç, Alpay ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

aerobic exercise; body composition; Ramadan fasting; soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053637744     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10078-011-0042-9     Document Type: Article

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