V̇O 2max: Essentials of the most widely used test in exercise physiology

ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 5-9

  Akalan, Cengiz ^a   Kravitz, Len ^b   Robergs, Robert R ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Maximal Aerobic Capacity; Prediction Equations, Fitness Assessment

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; BODY COMPOSITION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION; REVIEW; RUNNING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORY; TRAINING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 7644231509     PISSN: 10915397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00135124-200405000-00004     Document Type: Review

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