Vmax estimate from three-parameter critical velocity models: Validity and impact on 800 m running performance prediction

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-42

  Bosquet, Laurent ^a,b   Duchene, Antoine ^a   Lecot, François ^b   Dupont, Grégory ^a   Leger, Luc ^b  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaerobic running capacity; Critical velocity; Mathematical modeling; Middle distance events

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR SYSTEM; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; VALIDITY; VELOCITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 33745454176     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-006-0143-7     Document Type: Article

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