Aerobic power and peak power of elite America's cup sailors

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-157

  Neville, Vernon ^a   Pain, Matthew T G ^a   Folland, Jonathan P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armcranking; Grinding; Handcycling; OBLA; Oxygenuptake; Power velocity; Sailing; Torque velocity; VO2max

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERGOMETER; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISOKINETIC EXERCISE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SAILOR; STANDING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TORQUE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMERICAS; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; ROTATION;

EID: 67349152676     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-009-1002-0     Document Type: Article

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