Optimal pedaling rate estimated from neuromuscular fatigue for cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1492-1497

  Takaishi, Tetsuo ^b   Yasuda, Yoshifumi ^b   Ono, Takashi ^b   Moritani, Toshio ^b  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

CYCLISTS; INTEGRATED ELECTROMYOGRAM; NEUROMUSCULAR FATIGUE; OPTIMAL PEDALING RATE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMB MOVEMENT; MALE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0030446268     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199612000-00008     Document Type: Article

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