Sex difference in open-water ultra-swim performance in the longest freshwater lake swim in europe

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1362-1369

  Eichenberger, Evelyn ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a   Knechtle, Patrizia ^b   Rüst, Christoph A ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^c   Senn, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b St Gallen Hospital   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Athlete; Female; Male; Swimmer; Ultra endurance

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWIMMING; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; SWITZERLAND; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84872312931     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e318265a3e9     Document Type: Article

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