Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 232-235 , March 2010

The validity and reliability of a global positioning satellite system device to assess speed and repeated sprint ability (RSA) in athletes

  • José C. Barbero-Álvarez

      Affiliations

    • University of Granada, Campus of Melilla, Spain
    • Commercial interest: Jose C. Barbero-Álvarez is the sole distributor of the GPSports products in Spain and Portugal.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
    • ,
  • Aaron Coutts

      Affiliations

    • University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
    • ,
  • Juan Granda

      Affiliations

    • University of Granada, Campus of Melilla, Spain
    • ,
  • Verónica Barbero-Álvarez

      Affiliations

    • University of Granada, Campus of Melilla, Spain
    • ,
  • Carlo Castagna

      Affiliations

    • Tor Vergata University, Italy

Received 16 January 2008 ,Revised 11 February 2009 ,Accepted 13 February 2009.

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PII: S1440-2440(09)00047-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.02.005

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 232-235 , March 2010

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