ReviewEuropean journal of applied physiology2022
A critical review of critical power.
Review in European journal of applied physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The 3-min all-out test in cycling: a systematic review and meta-analysis on its reliability and validity.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Pooled it
- Anaerobic and Aerobic Energy System Contribution During Maximal Exercise: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Evaluation of methods to quantify aerobic-anaerobic energy contributions during sports and exercise - a systematic review and best-evidence synthesis.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
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- RACLET: the Ramp Above Critical Level Endurance Test to evaluate critical velocity in running.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- From diagnostics to prediction: development and validation of a multi-domain power-duration model.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- The effect of a familiarization critical speed testing session on critical speed determination during treadmill running.PloS one · 2026Article
- The Respiratory Compensation Point: Mechanisms and Relation to the Maximal Metabolic Steady State.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Review
- Measuring critical force in sport climbers: a validation study of the 4 min all-out test on finger flexors.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Modelling human endurance: power laws vs critical power.European journal of applied physiology · 2024Article
- Critical power, W' and W' reconstitution in women and men.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Critical Velocity, Maximal Lactate Steady State, and Muscle MCT1 and MCT4 after Exhaustive Running in Mice.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Article
- Skeletal muscle biochemical origin of exercise intensity domains and their relation to whole-body V̇O2 kinetics.Bioscience reports · 2022Article
- Associations among sleep, hematologic profile, and aerobic and anerobic capacity of young swimmers: A complex network approach.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
The elegant concept of a hyperbolic relationship between power, velocity, or torque and time to exhaustion has rightfully captivated the imagination and inspired extensive research for over half a century. Theoretically, the relationship's asymptote along the time axis (critical power, velocity, or torque) indicates the exercise intensity that could be maintained for extended durations, or the "heavy-severe exercise boundary". Much more than a critical mass of the extensive accumulated evidence, however, has persistently shown the determined intensity of critical power and its variants as being too high to maintain for extended periods. The extensive scientific research devoted to the topic has almost exclusively centered around its relationships with various endurance parameters and performances, as well as the identification of procedural problems and how to mitigate them. The prevalent underlying premise has been that the observed discrepancies are mainly due to experimental 'noise' and procedural inconsistencies. Consequently, little or no effort has been directed at other perspectives such as trying to elucidate physiological reasons that possibly underly and account for those discrepancies. This review, therefore, will attempt to offer a new such perspective and point out the discrepancies' likely root causes.
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