Effective force and economy of triathletes and cyclists

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-43

  Candotti, Cláudia Tarragô ^a,b   Ribeiro, Jerri ^a   Soares, Denise Paschoal ^a   De Oliveira, Álvaro Reischak ^a   Loss, Jefferson Fagundes ^a   Guimarães, Antônio Carlos S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cycling; Economy; Effective force; Triathlon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SWIMMING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; EXERTION; HUMANS; LEG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SWIMMING;

EID: 34447573964     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763140601058490     Document Type: Article

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