Effect of an intense period of competition on race performance and self-reported illness in elite cross-country skiers

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 846-853

  Svendsen, I S ^a   Gleeson, M ^a   Haugen, T A ^b   Tonnessen E ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b The Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee and Confederation of Sports   (Norway)

Author keywords

Endurance athletes; Overreaching; Training load; Upper respiratory illness

Indexed keywords

ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RACE; SEASON; SKIING; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART RATE; INCIDENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SKIING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948652740     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sms.12452     Document Type: Article

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