Simplified deceleration method for assessment of resistive forces in cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1441-1447

  Candau, Robin B ^a   Grappe, Frederic ^b   Ménard, Maurice ^b   Barbier, Bruno ^b   Millet, Guillaume Y ^b   Hoffman, Martin D ^b   Belli, Alain R ^b   Rouillon, Jean D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

AERODYNAMIC DRAG; COAST TEST; ENERGY COST OF CYCLING

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYCLING; DECELERATION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FORCE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MECHANICS; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032829747     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199910000-00013     Document Type: Article

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