The ecological validity of laboratory cycling: Does body size explain the difference between laboratory- and field-based cycling performance?

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Jobson, S A ^a   Nevill, A M ^a   Palmer, G S ^b   Jeukendrup, A E ^c   Doherty, M ^a   Atkinson, G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sportstest Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allometric and linear regression models; Body mass; Body surface area; Height

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY SURFACE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL RESISTANCE; PREDICTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; VALIDITY; VELOCITY;

ADULT; BICYCLING; BODY SIZE; ERGOMETRY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34547542022     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410500520526     Document Type: Article

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