Similarities and differences in anthropometry and training between recreational male 100-km ultra-marathoners and marathoners

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1249-1257

  Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

athlete; body fat; endurance; skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; RECREATION; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RECREATION; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84865179731     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2012.697182     Document Type: Article

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