Muscle efficiency improves over time in world-class cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1096-1101

  Santalla, Alfredo ^a   Naranjo, José ^a,d   Terrados, Nicolas ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b Municipal Sports Foundation   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d Andalusian Center of Sports Medicine   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cycle ergometry; Delta efficiency; Power output; Professional cycling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CYCLING; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650035434     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318191c802     Document Type: Article

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