The Rocky road to the top: Why talent needs trauma

Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 907-914

  Collins, Dave ^a   MacNamara, Áine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise performance; Sports; Sports injuries; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; APTITUDE; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CHARACTER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84867294325     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11635140-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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