Age and sex differences pertaining to modes of locomotion in triathlon

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 976-984

  Stevenson, Jada L ^a   Song, Huaxin ^b   Cooper, Jamie A ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; BICYCLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BICYCLING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876697326     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31827d17eb     Document Type: Review

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