Determinants of time trial performance and maximal incremental exercise in highly trained endurance athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1422-1430

  Jacobs, R A ^a   Rasmussen, P ^a,b   Siebenmann, C ^a   Diaz V ^a,c   Gassmann, M ^a   Pesta, D ^d   Gnaiger, E ^d   Nordsborg, N B ^b   Robach, P ^e   Lundby, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^e Ecole Nationale des Sports de Montagne   (France)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Mitochondria; Oxidative phosphorylation; Oxygen transport and utilization; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE; BLOOD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ATHLETES; BICYCLING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 81355132669     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00625.2011     Document Type: Article

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