One-legged endurance training: Leg blood flow and oxygen extraction during cycling exercise

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 177-185

  Rud, B ^a   Foss, O ^a   Krustrup, P ^b,c   Secher, N H ^d   Hallen J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Enzyme activity; Lactate; Leg oxygen uptake; Peripheral and central adaptations

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENDURANCE TRAINING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ERGOMETRY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEG BLOOD FLOW; MALE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN EXTRACTION FRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3-HYDROXYACYL COA DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 84859160352     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2011.02383.x     Document Type: Article

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