Effect of precooling on high intensity cycling performance

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 393-397

  Marsh, Damian ^a   Sleivert, Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Core temperature; Cycling; Exercise; Precooling; Skin temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY HEIGHT; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; CORE TEMPERATURE; CYCLING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRETCHING; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 0032700368     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.33.6.393     Document Type: Article

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