Scaling peak VO2 for differences in body size

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 259-265

  Welsman, Joanne R ^a   Armstrong, Neil ^a   Nevill, Alan M ^a,c   Winter, Edward M ^a,b   Kirby, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometry; Analysis of covariance; Children; Power function ratios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PREPUBERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; ADOLESCENT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0029665209     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199602000-00016     Document Type: Article

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