Robustness of a 3 min all-out cycling test to manipulations of power profile and cadence in humans

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 383-390

  Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Doust, Jonathan H ^b   Burnley, Mark ^a  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CYCLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

EID: 39149128227     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2007.039883     Document Type: Article

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