Is it time to retire the A.V. hill model?: A rebuttal to the article by professor Roy Shephard

Sports Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 263-277

  Noakes, Timothy D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brain; Exercise; Exercise performance; Exercise tolerance; Sports medicine

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NOTE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BRAIN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EXERCISE; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 79952982283     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/11583950-000000000-00000     Document Type: Review

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