The critical power model for intermittent exercise

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 303-307

  Morton, R Hugh ^a   Veronique Billat, L ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Endurance; Exhaustion; Fatigue; Hyperbolic model; Running

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOENERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; REST; RUNNING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; TRAINING; VELOCITY; WORK CAPACITY;

ALGORITHMS; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REST; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 1542315584     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-003-0987-z     Document Type: Article

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