The sleep of elite athletes at sea level and high altitude: A comparison of sea-level natives and high-altitude natives (ISA3600)

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages

  Roach, Gregory D ^a   Schmidt, Walter F ^b   Aughey, Robert J ^c,d   Bourdon, Pitre C ^e   Soria, Rudy ^f   Jimenez Claros, Jesus C ^f   Garvican Lewis, Laura A ^g,h   Buchheit, Martin ^e   Simpson, Ben M ^e   Hammond, Kristal ^c   Kley, Marlen ^b   Wachsmuth, Nadine ^b   Gore, Christopher J ^g,h,i   Sargent, Charli ^a  

^a CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d WESTERN BULLDOGS FOOTBALL CLUB   (Australia)

^e ASPIRE Academy for Sports Excellence   (Qatar)

^f UNIVERSIDAD MAYOR DE SAN ANDRÉS   (Bolivia)

^g AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

ⁱ FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BOLIVIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELITE PERFORMANCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SLEEP; SOCCER; TRAVEL;

ALTITUDE; ELITE PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCCER;

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; BOLIVIA; HUMANS; MALE; SLEEP; SOCCER; TRAVEL;

EID: 84888624821     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2013-092843     Document Type: Article

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