Validity of the 3 min step test in moderate altitude: Environmental temperature as a confounder

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 726-730

  Chen, Shu Man ^a   Wang, Jung Shi ^b   Lee, Wen Chih ^a   Hou, Chien Wen ^b   Chen, Chung Yu ^b   Laio, Yi Hung ^b   Lin, Ching Hung ^c   Kuo, Chia Hua ^b  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^c YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Cardiovascular drift; Harvard step test; Physical fitness; Taiwan; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TEMPERATURE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34047165405     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H06-077     Document Type: Article

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