Validity of the heart rate deflection point as a predictor of lactate threshold concepts during cycling

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 498-503

  Bourgois, Jan ^a,b   Coorevits, Pascal ^b   Danneels, Lieven ^b   Witvrouw, Erik ^b   Cambier, Dirk ^b   Vrijens, Jacques ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blood lactate steady state; Correlation coefficient; Prolonged exercise test; Updated Conconi test

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CYCLING; EXERCISE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 4444256051     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/1533-4287(2004)18<498:VOTHRD>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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