Inverse relationship between V̇O2max and economy/efficiency in world-class cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2079-2084

  Lucía, Alejandro ^a,b,c,d   Hoyos, Jesús ^a,b,c,d   Pérez, Margarita ^a,b,c,d   Santalla, Alfredo ^a,b,c,d   Chicharro, José L ^a,b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Asociacion Deportiva Banesto   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ALFONSO X EL SABIO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cycle ergometry; Gross efficiency; Performance; Power output; Professional cycling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOADING TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PRODUCTIVITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; EFFICIENCY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STATISTICS;

EID: 0036882408     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005768-200212000-00032     Document Type: Article

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