Comparing the lactate and EMG thresholds of recreational cyclists during incremental pedaling exercise

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 272-278

  Candotti, Cláudia Tarragô ^a   Loss, Jefferson Fagundes ^b   Melo, Mônica De Oliveira ^a   La Torre, Marcelo ^a   Pasini, Maicon ^a   Dutra, Lucas Araújo ^a   De Oliveira, José Leandro Nunes ^a   De Oliveira Jr , Lino Pinto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE DO VALE DO RIO DOS SINOS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EMG; Lactate; Pedaling exercise

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43949093765     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Y08-020     Document Type: Article

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