Biomechanically influenced differences in O2 extraction in diagonal skiing: Arm versus leg

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1899-1908

  Björklund, Glenn ^a   Stöggl, Thomas ^b   Holmberg, Hans Christer ^a,c  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Swedish Olympic Committee   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross country skiing; EMG; Force; Lactate; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKIING; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARM; ATHLETES; BIOMECHANICS; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; LACTIC ACID; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SKIING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957333501     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181da4339     Document Type: Article

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