Echocardiographic and physiological performance characteristics of triathletes

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 993-1002

  Claessens, C ^a   Claessens, P ^a   Claessens, M ^a   Claessens, J ^a  

^a NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heart rate; Hemodynamics; Left ventricle

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY RECOVERY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART PERFORMANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORTS MEDICINE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; EXERCISE TEST; HEART; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SWIMMING;

EID: 0033827969     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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