Simulated front crawl swimming performance related to critical speed and critical power

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 144-151

  Toussaint, Huub M ^a   Wakayoshi, Kohji ^b   Hollander, A Peter ^b   Ogita, Futoshi ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 parameter critical power model; Aerobic capacity; Anaerobic capacity; Biomechanics; Computer simulation; Drag; Energy cost; Human; Power balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SWIMMING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031943970     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199801000-00020     Document Type: Article

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