Neuromuscular and circulatory adaptation during combined arm and leg exercise with different maximal work loads

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 603-611

  Brink Elfegoun, Thibault ^a,b   Holmberg, Hans Christer ^a,b,c   Ekblom, Maria Nordlund ^a,b   Ekblom, Björn ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG EXERCISE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; VASTUS MEDIALIS MUSCLE; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 34948909133     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0526-4     Document Type: Article

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