Alcohol: Impact on sports performance and recovery in male athletes

Sports Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 909-919

  Barnes, Matthew J ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN; HORMONE;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD FLOW; DEHYDRATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SECRETION (PROCESS); SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DEHYDRATION; EXERCISE; FLUID THERAPY; GLYCOGEN; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84903796002     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-014-0192-8     Document Type: Review

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