Contribution of the legs to double-poling performance in elite cross-country skiers

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1853-1860

  Holmberg, Hans Christer ^a   Lindinger, Stefan ^b,c   Stöggl, Thomas ^b,c   Björklund, Glenn ^d,e   Müller, Erich ^b,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

^d MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e National Winter Sport Center   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross country skiing; Kinematics; Kinetics; Peak oxygen uptake; Upper body; Work economy

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LEG; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; SKIING; TECHNIQUE; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTURE; SKIING;

EID: 33749465567     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000230121.83641.d1     Document Type: Article

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