Dissociation of peak vascular conductance and V̇O(2max) among highly trained athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1368-1372

  Hepple, Russell T ^a,c   Babits, Thomas L ^b   Plyley, Michael J ^b   Goodman, Jack M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bodybuilding; Maximal aerobic power; Muscle blood flow; Resistance training; Strain gauge plethysmography

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY BUILDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; VASODILATATION;

EID: 0032821571     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.87.4.1368     Document Type: Article

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