Heritability of running economy: A study made on twin brothers

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 511-516

  Rodas, Gil ^a   Calvo, Mar ^a   Estruch, Asunción ^a   Garrido, Eduardo ^a   Ercilla, Guadalupe ^b   Arcas, Antoni ^c   Segura, Ramon ^d   Ventura, Josep L ^d  

^a Secretaria General de l'Esport   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aerobic metabolism; Energy cost; Genetic endowment; Oxygen uptake; Twins and exercise

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROCYTE ANTIGEN; LACTIC ACID; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEROLOGY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; ANAEROBIOSIS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RUNNING; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031775698     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050368     Document Type: Article

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