A new reliable laboratory test of endurance performance for road cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1744-1750

  Schabort, Elske J ^a   Hawley, John A ^a   Hopkins, Will G ^a   Mujika, Iñigo ^a   Noakes, Timothy D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Cycling; Performance; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; FEEDBACK; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032437686     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199812000-00014     Document Type: Article

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