Metabolic responses of South African soldiers during simulated marching with 16 combinations of speed and backpack load

Military Medicine

Volumn 170, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 619-622

  Christie, Candice J ^a   Scott, Patricia A ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY; ERGOSPIROMETER; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PILOT STUDY; SOLDIER; SOUTH AFRICA; VELOCITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 22244438927     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.170.7.619     Document Type: Article

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