Effect of contraction frequency on energy expenditure and substrate utilisation during upper and lower body exercise

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-35

  Kang, J ^a   Hoffman, J R ^a   Wendell, M ^a   Walker, H ^a   Hebert, M ^a  

^a The College of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RANDOMIZATION; STEADY STATE;

ADULT; ARM; BICYCLING; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 0842330671     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.002121     Document Type: Article

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