Comparison of on-ice and off-ice graded exercise testing in collegiate hockey players

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-39

  Durocher, John J ^a,b,c   Guisfredi, Angela J ^a   Leetun, Darin T ^d   Carter, Jason R ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PARKSIDE   (United States)

^c SAINT FRANCIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Portage Sports Medicine Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood lactate; Graded exercise test; Ice hockey; NHL combine; Specificity

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; HOCKEY; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951219997     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H09-129     Document Type: Article

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