A standard method for the determination of maximal aerobic power from breath-by-breath VO2 data obtained during a continuous ramp test on a bicycle ergometer

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1-9

  Dwyer, Daniel B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Plateau criteria; Sample size; VO2 peak; VO2 max

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPIROMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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