Drafting during swimming improves efficiency during subsequent cycling

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1612-1619

  Delextrat, Anne ^a   Tricot, Veronique ^a   Bernard, Thierry ^a   Vercruyssen, Fabrice ^a   Hausswirth, Christophe ^b   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉCANIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

Cadence; Hemodynamics; Hydrodynamic drag; Oxygen kinetics; Triathletes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYCLING; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINETICS; MALE; SWIMMING; TRIATHLON;

ADULT; BICYCLING; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SWIMMING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 0042388113     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000084422.49491.2C     Document Type: Article

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