Energy cost of swimming of elite long-distance swimmers

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 697-704

  Zamparo, P ^a   Bonifazi, M ^b   Faina, M ^d   Milan, A ^e   Sardella, F ^d   Schena, F ^c   Capelli, C ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d Italian National Olympic Committee   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Distance per stroke; Energy cost of swimming; Lactate; Long distance swimming; Oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEADY STATE; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SEX FACTORS; SWIMMING;

EID: 23744446835     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-1337-0     Document Type: Article

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