Validity of the modified conconi running test

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1006-1011

  Sentija, D ^a   Vucetic, V ^a   Markovic, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Conconi test; Heart rate; Ramp test; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; TRAINING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; RUNNING;

EID: 37249035065     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-965071     Document Type: Article

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