Match running performance fluctuations in elite soccer: Indicative of fatigue, pacing or situational influences?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 1627-1638

  Bradley, Paul S ^a   Noakes, Timothy D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUNDERLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

fatigue; football; match importance; pacing; score; substitutions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENDURANCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; RUNNING; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84888005558     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2013.796062     Document Type: Article

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