Aerobic fitness variables do not predict the professional career of young cyclists

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 805-812

  Menaspà, Paolo ^a   Sassi, Aldo ^a   Impellizzeri, Franco M ^b,c  

^a Mapei Sport   (Italy)

^b SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c Research Centre for Bioengineering and Motor Sciences   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Junior; Maximal aerobic power; Prediction; Talent identification; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; APTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE TEST; FORECASTING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650426193     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181ba99bc     Document Type: Article

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