Walking and running economy: Inverse association with peak oxygen uptake

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2122-2127

  Sawyer, Brandon J ^a   Blessinger, Jason R ^b   Irving, Brian A ^c   Weltman, Arthur ^b   Patrie, James T ^b   Gaesser, Glenn A ^a  

^a POINT LOMA NAZARENE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

aerobic capacity; Efficiency; exercise; fitness; quadratic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; WALKING;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RUNNING; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049530155     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181de2da7     Document Type: Article

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