Seated versus standing position for maximization of performance during intense uphill cycling

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 977-984

  Hansen, Ernst ^a   Waldeland, Harry ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bicycling; Cadence; Cycling posture; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SITTING; STANDING; TIME; TREADMILL EXERCISE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; EXERTION; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POSTURE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 46649089713     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410801910277     Document Type: Article

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