A conceptual framework for performance diagnosis and training prescription from submaximal gas exchange parameters - Theory and application

International Journal of Sports Medicine, Supplement

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Meyer, T ^a   Lucia A ^b   Earnest, C P ^c   Kindermann, W ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Cooper Inst Ctr Hum Perf/N R ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Endurance; Exercise; Lactate

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGED; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ATHLETE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ENDURANCE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAS EXCHANGE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAINING; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGE FACTORS; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 14244256426     PISSN: 0943917X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-830514     Document Type: Review

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