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Oxygen uptake kinetics following six weeks of interval and continuous endurance exercise training - An explorative

U Drescher1, T Schefter2, J Koschate1

  • 1Institute of Physiology and Anatomy, Am Sportpark Müngersdorf 6, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, 50933, Germany.

Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology
|October 13, 2017
PubMed
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Keywords:
Aerobic exerciseCycling ergometryGas exchangeHeart ratePhysiological modellingPseudo-random binary sequence (PRBS)

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