Muscle metabolic determinants of exercise tolerance following exhaustion: Relationship to the "critical power

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 243-250

  Chidnok, Weerapong ^a   Fulford, Jonathan ^a   Bailey, Stephen J ^a   Dimenna, Fred J ^b,c   Skiba, Philip F ^a   Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Constant work rate; Critical power; Exercise tolerance; Fatigue; W

Indexed keywords

CREATINE PHOSPHATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTANT WORK RATE; CRITICAL POWER; ENDURANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; W′; YOUNG ADULT;

CONSTANT WORK RATE; CRITICAL POWER; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; W′;

ADULT; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHOCREATINE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880548569     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00334.2013     Document Type: Article

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