Citation

Ekblom B. Nord. Med. 1994; 109(1): 13-15.

Vernacular Title

Om granser for mansklig prestationsformaga.

Affiliation

Institutionen för fysiologi och farmakologi, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Medicinska Nobel Institutet)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8028990

Abstract

Where lie the actual limits of human capacity? In many contexts, the limits of physical performance are dependent upon body size. In activities dependent upon maximal energy metabolism, theoretically no upper limits exist. The world record in shot-putting will always be able to be broken. On the other hand, theoretical limits exist to sprint records over various distances. There is no ceiling to maximal oxygen uptake, whereas there is a limit to the potential development of factors concerned with technique.

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