Analysis of the thermal comfort in cycling athletes

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 433-438

  Pezzoli, Alessandro ^a,b   Cristofori, Elena ^a,b   Gozzini, Bernardo ^c   Marchisio, Matteo ^a,b   Padoan, Jacopo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cycling; Measurements; Sport performance; Strategy; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888632885     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2012.04.074     Document Type: Conference Paper

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