Maximal oxygen uptake of Italian firefighters: Laboratory vs. field evaluations

Sport Sciences for Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 31-35

  Perroni, Fabrizio ^a,b   Cortis, Cristina ^c,d   Minganti, Carlo ^c,e   Cignitti, Lamberto ^b   Capranica, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Italian Firefighters Corp   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME FORO ITALICO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Firefighters; Maximal oxygen uptake; Self contained breathing apparatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880637799     PISSN: 18247490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11332-013-0142-0     Document Type: Article

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