Running economy is negatively related to sit-and-reach test performance in international-standard distance runners

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 40-43

  Jones, A M ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerobic demand; Flexibility

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ENERGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; SITTING; STRETCHING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; LACTATES; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLIABILITY; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036138006     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-19271     Document Type: Article

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