Metabolic parameters for ramp versus step incremental cycle ergometer tests

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1110-1117

  Zuniga, Jorge M ^a   Housh, Terry J ^b   Camic, Clayton L ^c   Bergstrom, Haley C ^b   Traylor, Daniel A ^b   Schmidt, Richard J ^b   Johnson, Glen O ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN PLATTEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Graded exercise testing; Oxygen uptake; Pattern of responses; Perceived exertion; Protocol selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84870165457     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H2012-098     Document Type: Article

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