Age-related changes in cardio-respiratory responses and muscular performance following an Olympic triathlon in well-trained triathletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1549-1556

  Sultana, Frédéric ^a   Abbiss, Chris R ^b,c,d   Louis, Julien ^e   Bernard, Thierry ^a   Hausswirth, Christophe ^f   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^e  

^a University of South France Toulon Var   (France)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^f Institut National du Sport et de l'Education Physique   (France)

Author keywords

Ageing; Master athlete; Maximal oxygen consumption; Muscular performance; Triathlon; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; FRANCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; EXERCISE TEST; FRANCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RUNNING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861344029     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-011-2115-9     Document Type: Article

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