Comparison of heart rate deflection and ventilatory threshold during a field cross-country roller-skiing test

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1977-1984

  Fabre, Nicolas ^a   Passelergue, Philippe ^a   Bouvard, Marc ^b   Perrey, Stephane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE PAU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

Heart rate; Oxygen uptake; Specific test; Training intensity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; SKIING;

EID: 61949222002     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181874ae9     Document Type: Article

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