Endurance exercise performance in Masters athletes: Age-associated changes and underlying physiological mechanisms

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-63

  Tanaka, Hirofumi ^a   Seals, Douglas R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART MUSCLE COMPLIANCE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG COMPLIANCE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE ECONOMY; MASTER ATHLETE; MAXIMAL ARTERIOVENOUS OXYGEN DIFFERENCE; MAXIMAL HEART OUTPUT; MAXIMAL HEART RATE; MAXIMAL HEART STROKE VOLUME; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

ADULT; AGING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTATES; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE;

EID: 37749043558     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.141879     Document Type: Review

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