The reproducibility of estimates of critical power and anaerobic work capacity in upper-body exercise

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-49

  Taylor, Stuart A ^a   Batterham, Alan M ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arm ergometer; Exercise duration; Exhaustion; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARM; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; WORK CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ENDURANCE; ERGOMETRY; FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARM; ERGOMETRY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 0036562608     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0586-4     Document Type: Article

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