A 1% treadmill grade most accurately reflects the energetic cost of outdoor running

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 321-327

  Jones, Andrew M ^a,b   Doust, Jonathan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Welsh Institute of Sport   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness assessment; Running economy; Treadmill running

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ENERGY COST; EXPIRED AIR; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AIR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CALORIMETRY, INDIRECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0029841774     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640419608727717     Document Type: Article

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