Relationship of exercise test variables to cycling performance in an ironman triathlon

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 433-440

  Laursen, P B ^a,b   Rhodes, Edward C ^b   Langill, Robert H ^b   McKenzie, Donald C ^c   Taunton, Jack E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Critical performance intensity; Lactate; Ultra endurance; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; DIFFERENTIAL THRESHOLD; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RESPIRATION; RUNNING; SWIMMING;

EID: 0036942609     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-002-0659-4     Document Type: Article

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