Effect of age on 16.1-km time-trial performance

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-206

  Balmer, James ^a   Bird, Steve ^b   Davison, Richard ^c   Lucia, Alejandro ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cardiopulmonary; Cycling; Masters

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TIME;

ADULT; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; ERGOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPAIN;

EID: 36448971996     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701446901     Document Type: Article

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