Muscle activity and pedal force profile of triathletes during cycling to exhaustion

Sports Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 10-19

  Diefenthaeler, Fernando ^a,b   Coyle, Edward F ^b   Bini, Rodrigo Rico ^c   Carpes, Felipe Pivetta ^d   Vaz, Marco Aurélio ^e  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO PAMPA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

EMG; fatigue; force transmission; pedaling cadence; power output

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; BICYCLING; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858667223     PISSN: 14763141     EISSN: 17526116     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14763141.2011.637125     Document Type: Article

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