Effect of kinematic variables on performance in women during a cross- country ski race

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1413-1417

  Rundell, Kenneth W ^a   Mccarthy, James R ^a  

^a Sport Sci and Technology Division   (United States)

Author keywords

CROSS COUNTRY SKIING; CYCLE LENGTH; CYCLE RATE; CYCLE VELOCITY; FEMALES

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; SKIING; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0029860870     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199611000-00010     Document Type: Article

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