Comparison between recreational male ironman triathletes marathon runners

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 283-299

  Gianoli, Daniele ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Barandun, Ursula ^b   Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORT; SWIMMING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPORTS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84867680823     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 1558688X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/06.25.29.PMS.115.4.283-299     Document Type: Article

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