Full suspension mountain bike improves off-road cycling performance

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 356-360

  Nishii, T ^a   Umemura, Y ^a   Kitagawa, K ^a  

^a CHUKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Creatin kinase; Cross country; Power output

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATINE KINASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTIC ACID; LACTIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EQUIPMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPORT INJURY; SPORTS MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADULT; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; ENDURANCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 18044375179     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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