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Efficiency Factor
Mathematical and physiological reference for Efficiency Factor, the ratio of Weighted Power to mean heart rate over a steady aerobic effort, used as a single-number summary of cardiac efficiency at submaximal intensity and the constituent input to aerobic-decoupling analysis.
Mathematical and physiological reference for Efficiency Factor, the ratio of Weighted Power to mean heart rate over a steady aerobic effort, used as a single-number summary of cardiac efficiency at submaximal intensity and the constituent input to aerobic-decoupling analysis.
References
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