Effect of a 15% increase in preferred pedal rate on time to exhaustion during heavy exercise

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 146-156

  Nesi, Xavier ^a   Bosquet, Laurent ^a   Berthoin, Serge ^a   Dekerle, Jeanne ^a   Pelayo, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic demand; Cadence; Cyclists; Exercise tolerance; Pedaling frequency

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZATION;

EID: 1942475969     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h04-011     Document Type: Article

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