Muscular efficiency during arm cranking and wheelchair exercise: A comparison

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 408-414

  Hintzy, Frederique ^a   Tordi, N ^b   Perrey, S ^b  

^a Campus Universitaire   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU SPORT   (France)

Author keywords

Delta efficiency; Gross efficiency; Healthy male subjects; Maximal exercise; Net efficiency; Relative intensity; Submaximal exercise; Work efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WHEELCHAIR; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ARM; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 0036671210     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-33734     Document Type: Article

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