Movement patterns in rugby sevens: Effects of tournament level, fatigue and substitute players

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 277-282

  Higham, Dean G ^a,b,c   Pyne, David B ^a,b   Anson, Judith M ^b   Eddy, Anthony ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Australian Rugby Union Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Game analysis; GPS; Sprint; Time motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MOVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECELERATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUGBY; VELOCITY;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860882358     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.11.256     Document Type: Article

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