Performance characteristics of gas analysis systems: What we know and what we need to know

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Atkinson, G ^a   Davison, R C R ^b   Nevill, A M ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Error sources; Precision of estimate; Systematic and random errors; Uniform and proportional errors

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; DECISION MAKING; EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GAS ANALYSIS; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE;

BREATH TESTS; CALIBRATION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14244255276     PISSN: 0943917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830505     Document Type: Review

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