Extensive monitoring through multiple blood samples in professional soccer players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1260-1271

  Heisterberg, Mette F ^a   Fahrenkrug, Jan ^b   Krustrup, Peter ^b,c   Storskov, Anders ^a   Kjær, Michael ^a   Andersen, Jesper L ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Full blood count; Hematology; Immune system; Overreaching; Overtraining

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FERRITIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DENMARK; FITNESS; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; DENMARK; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SOCCER;

EID: 84878041055     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3182653d17     Document Type: Article

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