Age-related changes in 100-km ultra-marathon running performance

Age

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1033-1045

  Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^b   Rosemann, Thomas ^b   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Gender difference; Long distance running; Master athlete; Ultra endurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866493385     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-011-9290-9     Document Type: Article

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