Maximal aerobic power characteristics of male professional soccer players, 1989-2012

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 323-329

  Tønnessen, Espen ^a   Hem, Erlend ^a   Leirstein, Svein ^a   Haugen, Thomas ^b   Seiler, Stephen ^b  

^a Norwegian Olympic Federation   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Physical performance; Soccer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878142857     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.8.3.323     Document Type: Article

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