Changes in energy cost and total external work of muscles in elite race walkers walking at different speeds

Journal of Human Kinetics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-136

  Chwała, Wiesław ^a   Klimek, Andrzej ^a   Mirek, Wacław ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

anaerobic threshold; energy cost; maximal oxygen uptake; race walking; total energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921371468     PISSN: 16405544     EISSN: 18997562     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/hukin-2014-0118     Document Type: Article

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