The physiology of rock climbing

Sports Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 529-545

  Giles, Luisa V ^a,b   Rhodes, Edward C ^a   Taunton, Jack E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; DYNAMOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FATIGUE; HAND GRIP; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRESSOR RESPONSE; REVIEW; ROCK CLIMBING; SHOULDER GIRDLE; TRAINING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; FINGERS; FOREARM; HAND STRENGTH; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PLIABILITY;

EID: 33744912224     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 01121642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200636060-00006     Document Type: Review

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