Effects on the crank torque profile when changing pedalling cadence in level ground and uphill road cycling

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1003-1010

  Bertucci, William ^a   Grappe, Frederic ^a   Girard, Amaury ^a   Betik, Andrew ^a,b   Rouillon, Jean Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crank torque profile; Cycling; Level terrain; SRM training system; Uphill terrain

Indexed keywords

BICYCLES; CRANKSHAFTS; DATA ACQUISITION;

AEROBIC POWER; CRANK TORQUE; PEDALLING CADENCE; UPHILL CYCLING PERFORMANCE;

TORQUE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BICYCLING; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 15944367367     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.05.037     Document Type: Article

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