Protocol for the conconi test and determination of the heart rate deflection point

Physiological Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 473-475

  Grazzi, G ^a   Casoni, I ^a   Mazzoni, G ^a   Uliari, S ^a   Conconi, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOGEN;

ANAEROBIC GLYCOLYSIS; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CYCLING; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FATIGUE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL STRESS;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL;

EID: 24044546492     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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