Applying physiological principles and assessment techniques to swimming the English Channel: A case study

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 78-85

  Acevedo, E O ^a   Meyers, M C ^b   Hayman, M ^c   Haskin, J ^d  

^a SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^c WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy metabolism; Hypothermia; Swimming physiology

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CALCULATION; CASE REPORT; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FITNESS; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; SWIMMING; THERMOGENESIS;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLD; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; LACTATES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SWIMMING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030982251     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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