An exercise physiologist's "contemporary" interpretations of the "ugly and creaking edifices" of the VO2max concept

Journal of Exercise Physiology Online

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-44

  Robergs, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic Capacity; Anaerobic Capacity; Anaerobiosis; Deoxygenation; Endurance; Exercise Performance; Hypoxia; Oxygen Deficit; Oxygen Delivery; Scientific Method

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CALORIMETRY; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CARDIOVASCULAR PERFORMANCE; CELL HYPOXIA; CLINICAL RESEARCH; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FAST MUSCLE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; METABOLIC RATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LENGTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SUPPLY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

EID: 3042699809     PISSN: 10979751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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