Torso stabilization reduces the metabolic cost of producing cycling power

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 433-441

  McDaniel, John ^a,b   Subudhi, Andrew ^b,c   Martin, James C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b Orthopedic Specialty Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Economy; Efficiency; Metabolism; Static contraction; Work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY POSTURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 32944474572     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: 15432718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h05-132     Document Type: Article

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