Preferred pedal rate: An index of cycling performance

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 372-375

  Nesi, X ^a   Bosquet, L ^a   Pelayo, P ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Exhaustion time; Peak power; Spontaneously chosen cadence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CYCLING; EVALUATION; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PREFERRED PEDAL RATE; RHYTHM; SPORT; TIME;

ADULT; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPORTS MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 20644453135     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821022     Document Type: Article

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