Effect of respiratory muscle training on exercise performance in healthy individuals: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 707-724

  Illi, Sabine K ^a,b   Held, Ulrike ^b   Frank, Irne ^a,b   Spengler, Christina M ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endurance training; Exercise performance; Meta analysis; Muscle fatigue; Sports; Sports medicine.

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; BREATHING EXERCISE; BREATHING MUSCLE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BREATHING EXERCISES; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES;

EID: 84863753447     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11631670-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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