The engine just started coughing! - Limits of physical performance, aging and career continuity in elite endurance sports

Journal of Aging Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 387-397

  Ronkainen, Noora J ^a   Ryba, Tatiana V ^a   Nesti, Mark S ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Athletic career; Endurance sports; Existentialism; Identity; Narrative inquiry

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC CAREER; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; ENDURANCE SPORTS; EXISTENTIALISM; FITNESS; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATIVE INQUIRY; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

ATHLETIC CAREER; ENDURANCE SPORTS; EXISTENTIALISM; IDENTITY; NARRATIVE INQUIRY;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGING; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREER CHOICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SELF CONCEPT; THINKING;

EID: 84884961587     PISSN: 08904065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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