Sport-specific assessment of lactate threshold and aerobic capacity throughout a collegiate hockey season

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1165-1171

  Durocher, John J ^a   Leetun, Darin T ^b   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Portage Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Conditioning; Deconditioning; Fatigue; Graded exercise test; Ice hockey

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HOCKEY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; SPORTS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57649231131     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H08-107     Document Type: Article

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