Monitoring the athlete training response: Subjective self-reported measures trump commonly used objective measures: A systematic review

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 281-291

  Saw, Anna E ^a   Main, Luana C ^b   Gastin, Paul B ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE;

AFFECT; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; SELF REPORT;

AFFECT; ATHLETES; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CREATINE KINASE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84958938262     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094758     Document Type: Review

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