Maximal oxygen uptake: “old” and “new” arguments for a cardiovascular limitation

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1992, Pages 30-37

  Saltin, Bengt ^a,b   Strange, Søren ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular limitation; Maximal oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXERCISE; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EXERTION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0026598958     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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