Reliability and validity of a new double poling ergometer for cross-country skiers

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-179

  Holmberg, Hans Christer ^a,b   Nilsson, Johnny ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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

^d NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cross country skiing; Double poling; Ergometer; Performance

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ERGOMETER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIING;

EID: 36448935333     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701372685     Document Type: Article

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