The validity of the lactate minimum test for determination of the maximal lactate steady state

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1304-1313

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

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Endurance running performance; Lactate minimum; Lactate threshold; Maximal steady state

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RUNNING; STEADY STATE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RUNNING;

EID: 0031872375     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199808000-00020     Document Type: Article

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