Can the curriculum be used to estimate critical velocity in young competitive swimmers?

Journal of Sports Science and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-23

  Costa, Aldo M ^a,b   Silva, António J ^b,c   Louro, Hugo ^b,d   Reis, Victor M ^b,c   Garrido, Nuno D ^b,c   Marques, Mário C ^a,b   Marinho, Daniel A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b RESEARCH CENTER IN SPORTS SCIENCES   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

^d Sports Science Institute of Rio Maior   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aerobic ability; Critical power; Evaluation; Training

Indexed keywords

EID: 63449136941     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13032968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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