Exertion during uphill, level and downhill walking with and without hiking poles

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Perrey, Stephane ^a,c   Fabre, Nicolas ^b  

^a Faculty of Sport Sciences   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Energy cost; Grades; Hiking poles; Nordic walking; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749089217     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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