Sprint performance-duration relationships are set by the fractional duration of external force application

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 290, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Weyand, Peter G ^a,b   Lin, Jennifer E ^a   Bundle, Matthew W ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerobic; Anaerobic; Cycling; Fatigue; Locomotion; Running; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENERGY METABOLISM; ERGOMETER; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STATIC EXERCISE; VELOCITY; BICYCLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BICYCLING; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 33645420723     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00562.2005     Document Type: Article

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