Gender difference and age-related changes in performance at the long-distance duathlon

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 293-301

  RuSt, Christoph A ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Knechtle, Patrizia ^a   Pfeifer, Susanne ^a   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^c   Senn, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Cycling; Running; Sex difference; Ultraendurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84872317095     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31825420d0     Document Type: Article

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