Cycling efficiency and time to exhaustion are reduced after acute passive stretching administration

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 737-745

  Esposito, F ^a   Ce E ^a,b   Limonta, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Economy; Exercise duration; Oxygen cost; Slow component; VO2 max

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STRETCHING EXERCISE; TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BICYCLING; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRETCHING EXERCISES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868549480     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2011.01327.x     Document Type: Article

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