V̇O2max and the plateau - Needed or not?

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-102

  Howley, Edward T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NOTE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846238870     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31802dc897     Document Type: Note

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