A new ventilatory threshold equation for aerobically trained men and women

Clinical Physiology and Functional Imaging

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Malek, Moh H ^a   Coburn, Jared W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiorespiratory fitness; Gas exchange threshold; Habitual physical activity; Hierarchical linear regression; Model building; Non exercise prediction equation

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; VENTILATORY THRESHOLD;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES;

EID: 60149112531     PISSN: 14750961     EISSN: 1475097X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-097X.2008.00850.x     Document Type: Article

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