Physiological aspects of running economy

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 456-461

  Morgan, Don W ^a   Craib, Mitchell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic demand; Altitude; Detraining; Distance running; Exercise; Fatigue; Gender; Metabolism; Oxygen uptake; Running economy; Temperature; Training; Variability

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FITNESS; GENDER; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; THERMOREGULATION; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

ALTITUDE; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERTION; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MUSCLES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0026645072     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199204000-00011     Document Type: Article

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