Performance and drag during drafting swimming in highly trained triathletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1276-1280

  Chatard, Jean Claude ^a   Chollet, Didier ^b   Millet, Grégoire ^b  

^a GIP Exercice   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Exercise; Oxygen consumption; Rating of perceived exertion

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SELF CONCEPT; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

ADULT; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031821805     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199808000-00015     Document Type: Article

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