Economy of running: Beyond the measurement of oxygen uptake

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1918-1922

  Fletcher, Jared R ^a   Esau, Shane P ^a   MacIntosh, Brian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caloric cost; Distance running; Respiratory exchange ratio; Running performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING;

EID: 73449127989     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00307.2009     Document Type: Article

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