Resistive force selection during brief cycle ergometer exercise: Implications for power assessment in international rugby union players

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Baker, Julien S ^a   Davies, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cycle Ergometry; Load Optimization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY DENSITY; BODY MASS; BONE DENSITY; CALCULATION; EXERCISE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RUGBY;

EID: 21744445581     PISSN: 10979751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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