Measurement error associated with performance testing in well-trained cyclists: Application to the precision of monitoring changes in training status

International SportMed Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Lamberts, Robert P ^a   Swart, Jeroen ^a   Woolrich, Richard W ^b   Noakes, Timothy D ^a   Lambert, Michael I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cycling; High performance; Meaningful differences; Monitoring; Precision; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650892194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15283356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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