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General definitions Flashcards

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Work

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Product of force and distance

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Power

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Amount of work performed per unit of time

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Net efficiency

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Ratio of work output divided by the energy expenditure above rest

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Direct calorimetry

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Measure of metabolic rate via heat production

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Indirect calorimetry

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Measure of metabolic rate via VO2

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Relative VO2

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The consumption of oxygen per kg of body mass

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1 MET equivalent

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A unit of resting metabolic rate

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