A new test to improve the training quality of wheelchair racing athletes

Spinal Cord

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 585-590

  Muller G ^a   Odermatt, P ^a   Perret, C ^a  

^a SWISS PARAPLEGIC RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Coefficient of variation; Exercise testing; RPE; Test validation; Wheelchair racing

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ERGOMETER; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAPLEGIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINA BIFIDA; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPORT; TRAINING; VELOCITY; WHEELCHAIR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; QUALITY CONTROL; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPORTS; WHEELCHAIRS;

EID: 6344254296     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3101611     Document Type: Article

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