Hot ambient conditions do not alter intermittent cycling sprint performance

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-152

  Almudehki, Fuad ^a   Girard, Olivier ^a   Grantham, Justin ^a   Racinais, Sebastien ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heat; Hyperthermia; Neuromuscular fatigue; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; POWER ANALYSIS; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857456035     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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