Gross Efficiency and Cycling Economy Are Higher in the Field as Compared with on an Axiom Stationary Ergometer

Journal of Applied Biomechanics

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 636-644

  Bertucci, William M ^a   Betik, Andrew C ^b   Duc, Sebastien ^c   Grappe, Frederic ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Laboratoire Sport   (France)

^d Sports University of Bourgogne Franche Comté   (France)

Author keywords

Biomechanics of pedaling; Crank inertial load; Pedaling cadence; Road cycling

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; EFFICIENCY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

CRANK INERTIAL LOAD; CYCLING CONDITIONS; CYCLING PERFORMANCE; CYCLING TESTS; FIELD CONDITIONS; PEDALING CADENCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; ROAD CYCLING;

EXERCISE EQUIPMENT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AXIOM STATIONARY ERGOMETER; BICYCLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; CYCLING; CYCLING ECONOMY; FIELD BICYCLE ERGOMETER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TRAFFIC;

EID: 84872693508     PISSN: 10658483     EISSN: 15432688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/jab.28.6.636     Document Type: Article

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