Changes in physiological and stroke parameters during a maximal 400-m free swimming test in elite swimmers

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 29, Issue SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Laffite, Laurent Paul ^a,b,c   Vilas Boas, Juan Paulo ^b   Demarle, Alexandre ^c   Silva, José ^b   Fernandes, Ricardo ^b   Billat, Véronique Louise ^a,b,c  

^a Centre de Medecine du Sport CCAS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Anaerobic metabolism; Blood lactate; Oxygen uptake; Stroke technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING; TECHNIQUE; VELOCITY;

EID: 8344231511     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h2004-055     Document Type: Article

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