High prevalence of false-positive plateau phenomena during VO2max testing in adolescents

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 526-530

  Beltrami, Fernando G ^a   Wong, Del P ^b   Noakes, Timothy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL AND HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aerobic power; Aerobic test; Cardiorespiratory endurance; Maximal oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; FALSE POSITIVE PLATEAU PHENOMENA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; MAXIMAL OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; PREVALENCE; VELOCITY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCCER;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SOCCER;

EID: 84906318524     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: 18781861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2013.07.012     Document Type: Article

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