Scientific contributions of A. V. Hill: exercise physiology pioneer.

@article{Bassett2002ScientificCO,
  title={Scientific contributions of A. V. Hill: exercise physiology pioneer.},
  author={David Bassett},
  journal={Journal of applied physiology},
  year={2002},
  volume={93 5},
  pages={
          1567-82
        }
}
  • D. Bassett
  • Published 1 November 2002
  • Medicine
  • Journal of applied physiology
Beginning in 1910, A. V. Hill performed careful experiments on the time course of heat production in isolated frog muscle. [...] Key Method Hill and his colleagues made measurements of O(2) consumption on themselves and other subjects running around an 85-m grass track. In the process of this work, they defined the terms "maximum O(2) intake," "O(2) requirement," and "steady state of exercise." Other contributions of Hill include his discoveries of heat production in nerve, the series elastic component, and the…Expand
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