The energy cost of horizontal walking and running in adolescents

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 311-322

  Walker, John L ^a   Murray, Tinker D ^b   Jackson, Andrew S ^b   Morrow Jr , James R ^b   Michaud, Thomas J ^b  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aerobic exercise; Caloric expenditure; Estimation of submaximal V O2; Steady state

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; WALKING;

EID: 0032971569     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-199902000-00016     Document Type: Article

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