Exercise tolerance in intermittent cycling: Application of the critical power concept

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 966-976

  Chidnok, Weerapong ^a   Dimenna, Fred J ^a   Bailey, Stephen J ^a   Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Morton, R Hugh ^b   Wilkerson, Daryl P ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

critical power; fatigue; interval training; V O 2 kinetics; W

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 84859904354     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31823ea28a     Document Type: Article

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