Maximal muscle activation is not limited by pulmonary ventilation in chronic hypoxia

Acta Physiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 187-190

  Savard, G K ^a,d   Areskog, N H ^b   Saltin, B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Altitude; Heart rate; Maximal voluntary contraction; Muscle activation; Pulmonary ventilation

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; JOB PERFORMANCE; LUNG VENTILATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; RESPIRATION CENTER;

EID: 0029890389     PISSN: 00016772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-201X.1996.493234000.x     Document Type: Article

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