The Conconi test is not valid for estimation of the lactate turnpoint in runners

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 385-394

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conconi test; Lactate turnpoint; Running intensity

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; TREADMILL; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING;

EID: 0030982571     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404197367173     Document Type: Article

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