Analysis of performance and age of the fastest 100- mile ultra-marathoners worldwide

Clinics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 605-611

  Rüst, Christoph Alexander ^a   Knechtle, Beat ^a,b   Rosemann, Thomas ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Athlete; Running; Sex Difference; Ultra Endurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84878445958     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6061/clinics/2013(05)05     Document Type: Article

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