Physiological determinants of climbing-specific finger endurance and sport rock climbing performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1433-1443

  Macleod, D ^a   Sutherland, D L ^a   Buntin, L ^a   Whitaker, A ^b   Aitchison, T ^b   Watt, I ^a   Bradley, J ^c   Grant, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Forearm endurance; Isometric exercise; Muscle oxygenation; Pressor response; Rock climbing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; FINGER; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; ROCK CLIMBING; SPORTS MEDICINE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERTION; FINGERS; FOREARM; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34548386670     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410600944550     Document Type: Article

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