Physical activity during a prolonged congested period in a top-class European football team

Asian Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-53

  Djaoui, Léo ^a   Wong, Del P ^b   Pialoux, Vincent ^a   Hautier, Christophe ^a   Da Dilva, Cristiano D ^c   Chamari, Karim ^d   Dellal, Alexandre ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Physical Education ^*  (Brazil)

^d ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^f FIFA MEDICAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fitness training; High intensity running; Match congestion; Motion analysis; Soccer; Work rate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897803121     PISSN: 2008000X     EISSN: 20087209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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