Leg heating and cooling influences running stride parameters but not running economy

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 771-779

  Folland, Jonathan P ^a   Rowlands, D S ^b   Thorp, R ^b   Walmsley, A ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Energy expenditure; Stride frequency; Stride length; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; HEART RATE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMMERSION; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEG; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RUNNING; WATER;

EID: 33750365185     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-872963     Document Type: Article

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