Which factors determine the optimal pedaling rate in sprint cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1927-1934

  Van Soest, A J Knoek ^a   Casius, L J Richard ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Biophysics; Human; Modeling; Muscle; Optimization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE FORCE;

EID: 0033756817     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200011000-00017     Document Type: Article

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