Maximal oxygen uptake: 'Classical' versus 'contemporary' viewpoints: A rebuttal

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1381-1398

  Noakes, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. V. Hill; Anaerobic Threshold; Anaerobiosis; Cardio vascular System; Oxygen Debt; Plateau Phenomenon; Scientific Methods; V O(2max)

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART OUTPUT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; RUNNING;

EID: 0031713345     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199809000-00007     Document Type: Review

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