Does Muscle Mass Affect Running Times in Male Long-distance Master Runners?

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Published in Asian J Sports Med on December 01, 2012

Authors

Beat Knechtle1, Christoph Alexander Rüst, Patrizia Knechtle, Thomas Rosemann

Author Affiliations

1: Institute of General Practice and for Health Services Research, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ; Gesundheitszentrum St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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