Influence of pedaling technique on metabolic efficiency in elite cyclists

Biology of Sport

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 229-233

  Camara J ^a   Maldonado Martin S ^a   Artetxe Gezuraga, X ^b   Vanicek, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Blood lactate concentration; Exercise

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864620029     PISSN: 0860021X     EISSN: 20831862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/20831862.1003448     Document Type: Article

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