A physiological comparison of synchronous and asynchronous hand cycling

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 622-626

  Dallmeijer, A J ^a   Ottjes, L ^b   De Waardt, E ^b   Van Der Woude, L H V ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b THE HAGUE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Arm crank exercise; Cadence; Crank mode; Gross mechanical efficiency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CYCLING; ERGOMETRY; EXERCISE TEST; HAND CYCLING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNCHRONOUS MOVEMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EFFICIENCY; ERGOMETRY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 8744308229     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-817879     Document Type: Article

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