Relative improvements in endurance performance with age: Evidence from 25 years of Hawaii Ironman racing

Age

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 953-962

  Lepers, Romuald ^a   Rüst, Christoph A ^b   Stapley, Paul J ^c   Knechtle, Beat ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d Gesundheitszentrum St Gallen ^*  (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Cycling; Endurance; Gender differences; Master athletes; Running; Swimming; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SWIMMING; TREND STUDY; TRIATHLON; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAWAII; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUNNING; SWIMMING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880570729     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-012-9392-z     Document Type: Article

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