A rise in peak performance age in female athletes

Age

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Elmenshawy, Ahmed R ^a   Machin, Daniel R ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Female athletes; Peak performance

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PEAK PERFORMANCE; ROWING; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKATING; SPORT; SWIMMING; TRACK AND FIELD; ADULT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SKATING; SPORTS; SWIMMING; WOMEN;

EID: 84930225012     PISSN: 01619152     EISSN: 15744647     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11357-015-9795-8     Document Type: Article

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