Incremental exercise test design and analysis: Implications for performance diagnostics in endurance athletes

Sports Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 575-586

  Bentley, David J ^a   Newell, John ^b   Bishop, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG VENTILATION; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRESCRIPTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 34447106617     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200737070-00002     Document Type: Review

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