African runners exhibit greater fatigue resistance, lower lactate accumulation, and higher oxidative enzyme activity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 915-923

  Weston, Adèle R ^a,b   Karamizrak, O ^a   Smith, A ^a   Noakes, T D ^a   Myburgh, Kathryn H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Citrate synthase; Endurance performance; High intensity running; Lactate; Skeletal muscle; Submaximal exercise test

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RUNNING; TREADMILL;

EID: 0033023898     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1999.86.3.915     Document Type: Article

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