Abstract
Blood lactate markers are used as summary measures of the underlying model of an athletes blood lactate response to increasing work rate. Exercise physiologists use these endurance markers, typically corresponding to a work rate in the region of high curvature in the lactate curve, to predict and compare endurance ability. A short theoretical background of the commonly used markers is given and algorithms provided for their calculation. To date, no free software exists that allows the sports scientist to calculate these markers. In this paper, software is introduced for precisely this purpose that will calculate a variety of lactate markers for an individual athlete, an athlete at different instants ( e. g. across a season), and simultaneously for a squad.
| Original language | English (Ireland) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1403-1409 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of Sports Sciences |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2007 |
Keywords
- Endurance markers
- Lactate curves
- Software
Authors (Note for portal: view the doc link for the full list of authors)
- Authors
- Newell, J,Higgins, D,Madden, N,Cruickshank, J,Einbeck, J,McMillan, K,McDonald, R
- Newell, J;Higgins, D;Madden, N;Cruickshank, J;Einbeck, J;McMillan, K;McDonald, R