Energy cost of rifle carriage in biathlon skiing

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 570-576

  Rundell, Kenneth W ^a   Szmedra, Leon ^b  

^a United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

^b BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biathlon; Cycle length; Economy; Lactate; Load carriage; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY COST; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SKIING; TREADMILL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031943346     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199804000-00015     Document Type: Article

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