Validity and reliability of the Polar® S710 mobile cycling powermeter

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 156-161

  Millet, G P ^a   Tronche, C ^a   Fuster, N ^a   Bentley, D J ^b   Candau, R ^a  

^a UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Field testing; Performance; Power output

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYCLING; DEVICE; EXERCISE TEST; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MECHANICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; RECREATION; RELIABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIME; VALIDATION PROCESS; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

BICYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0038823599     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-39083     Document Type: Article

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