What the study found
The review explains why useful cycling power distribution depends on event duration, gradient and wind rather than one constant rule for all time trials.
Participants and protocol
This article synthesizes cycling experiments and mathematical pacing models, alongside proposed physiological and psychological mechanisms.
What this cannot establish
The mechanisms are partly theoretical, and the review dates from 2007. Its examples do not establish a universal wattage change or imply that even speed and even power are the same strategy.
Publication details
- Record
- PubMed 17645369
- Publication types
- Review
- Indexed subjects
- Brain · Fatigue · Task Performance and Analysis · Energy Metabolism · Oxygen Consumption
- Source record checked
- 2026-10-18
Publication type and subject indexing describe the record; they are not a quality grade or proof of a benefit. An abstract does not replace a review of the full methods and results.
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