Masterful care of the aging triathlete

Sports Medicine and Arthroscopy Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 231-236

  Wright, Vonda J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; masters athlete; performance; triathlon

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS TRAINING; CYCLING; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIFESTYLE; MUSCLE MASS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUNNING; SENESCENCE; SEX; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TRAINING; TRIATHLON; WARMING; WEIGHT LIFTING;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY COMPOSITION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84870166747     PISSN: 10628592     EISSN: 15381951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JSA.0b013e31826c75a3     Document Type: Review

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