Pedaling power and speed production vs. technical factors and track difficulty in bicycle motocross cycling

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3248-3256

  Mateo, Manuel ^a,b   Blasco Lafarga, Cristina ^c   Zabala, Mikel ^b,d  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Manuel Mateo March   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BMX; Performance; Technique; Watts

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; TORQUE;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; PHYSICAL EXERTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TORQUE;

EID: 79958097374     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e3181f90847     Document Type: Article

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