Hyperoxia improves 20 km cycling time trial performance by increasing muscle activation levels while perceived exertion stays the same

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 101, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 771-781

  Tucker, Ross ^a   Kayser, Bengt ^b   Rae, Erin ^a   Rauch, Laurie ^a   Bosch, Andrew ^a   Noakes, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Exercise; Fatigue; Hyperoxia; Pacing strategy

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPEROXIA; HYPOTHESIS; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEROXIA; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; PERCEPTION;

EID: 35348933379     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-007-0458-z     Document Type: Article

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