An integrated analysis of match-related fatigue in professional rugby league

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-47

  Kempton, Thomas ^a   Sirotic, Anita Claire ^b   Coutts, Aaron James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club   (Australia)

Author keywords

exercise economy; GPS; team sport; time motion analysis; training load

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SOCCER; TASK PERFORMANCE;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ENERGY METABOLISM; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; RUNNING; SOCCER; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84919835850     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2014.921832     Document Type: Article

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