How to assess performance in cycling: The multivariate nature of influencing factors and related indicators

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 4 MAY, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Castronovo, A Margherita ^a   Conforto, Silvia ^a   Schmid, Maurizio ^a   Bibbo, Daniele ^a   D'Alessio, Tommaso ^a  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cycling; Effectiveness; Efficiency; Environmental variables; Ergogenic aids; Fatigue; Performance monitoring

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAFFEINE; MINERAL; QUERCETIN; VITAMIN B GROUP;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BICYCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONFUSION; CYCLING; DELTA EFFICIENCY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROSS EFFICIENCY; HUMAN; MECHANICAL EFFECTIVENESS; METABOLIC EFFICIENCY; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NET EFFICIENCY; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84883827561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2013.00116     Document Type: Article

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