Greater rate of decline in maximal aerobic capacity with age in endurance-trained than in sedentary men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2406-2413

  Pimentel, Annemarie E ^a   Gentile, Christopher L ^a   Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^a,b   Gates, Phillip E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Functional capacity; Maximal oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITTING; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 0037502850     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00774.2002     Document Type: Article

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