Maximal torque- and power-pedaling rate relationships for elite sprint cyclists in laboratory and field tests

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 287-292

  Gardner, A Scott ^a,b,c,e   Martin, James C ^d   Martin, David T ^a   Barras, Martin ^a   Jenkins, David G ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND ACADEMY OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e ENGLISH INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cadence; Fitness testing; Power; Track cycling; World class

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; FITNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY TEST; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPORTS SCIENCE; TORQUE;

BICYCLING; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TORQUE;

EID: 34548489180     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0498-4     Document Type: Article

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