Morphological characteristics and power output in professional road cyclists during the competition phase

Lewandowski Andrzej; Kowalewski Marcin; Kowalik Tomasz; Piekorz Zuzanna

doi:10.1515/bhk-2018-0022

Biomedical Human Kinetics (Oct 2018)

Morphological characteristics and power output in professional road cyclists during the competition phase

Lewandowski Andrzej,
Kowalewski Marcin,
Kowalik Tomasz,
Piekorz Zuzanna

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Lewandowski Andrzej: Department of Principles of Physical Culture, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,Bydgoszcz, Poland
Kowalewski Marcin: Department of Principles of Physical Culture, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,Bydgoszcz, Poland
Kowalik Tomasz: Department of Principles of Physical Culture, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,Bydgoszcz, Poland
Piekorz Zuzanna: Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ludwik Rydygier Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń,Bydgoszcz, Poland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/bhk-2018-0022
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 150 – 156

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Study aim: The purpose of this study was to investigate changes in the power output and major morphological characteristics during the competition phase. We hypothesised that substantial overloads occurring during this stage cause a decrease in body mass, fat and power output levels in the cyclists.

road racing cyclists - physique - fat content - power output - sport

Published in Biomedical Human Kinetics

ISSN: 2080-2234 (Online)
Publisher: Sciendo
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Special situations and conditions: Sports medicine; Science: Physiology
Website: https://sciendo.com/journal/BHK

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