Aerobic capacities and anthropometric characteristics of elite female soccer players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3352-3357

  Ingebrigtsen, Jørgen ^a   Dillern, Thomas ^a   Shalfawi, Shaher A I ^a  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Anthropometric characteristics; Female soccer; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SOCCER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856178372     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318215f763     Document Type: Article

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