Simulating the physiology of athletes during endurance sports events: Modelling human energy conversion and metabolism

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1954, 2011, Pages 4295-4315

  Van Beek, Johannes H G M ^a,b,c   Supandi, Farahaniza ^a   Gavai, Anand K ^b,c   De Graaf, Albert A ^d   Binsl, Thomas W ^c,e   Hettling, Hannes ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

^e Crosslinks BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Heat transport; Mathematical model; Metabolic pathways; Muscle power; Skeletal muscle metabolism; Whole body modelling

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; BRAIN; CARBOHYDRATES; DURABILITY; ENERGY CONVERSION; HEAT TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; OXYGEN; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE HYDROLYSIS; BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; BLOOD FLOW; BODY COMPARTMENTS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; COMPUTATIONAL MODELLING; CREATINE KINASE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FLUX DISTRIBUTIONS; HEAT EXCHANGE; HEAT TRANSPORT; HUMAN BODIES; LEG MUSCLES; LOW OXYGEN; METABOLIC ENERGY; METABOLIC PATHWAYS; MUSCLE ACTIVITIES; OXYGEN UPTAKE; PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORTS EVENTS; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WHOLE BODY;

METABOLISM;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOPHYSICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEAT; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; TIME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; BIOPHYSICS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80955164777     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0166     Document Type: Article

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