Implications of moderate altitude training for sea-level endurance in elite distance runners

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 360-368

  Bailey, Damian Miles ^a   Davies, Bruce ^a   Romer, Lee ^b   Castell, Lindy ^c   Newsholme, Eric ^c   Gandy, George ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypobaric hypoxia; Immunosuppression; Infectious mononucleosis; Plasma glutamine

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLIC RATE; MONONUCLEOSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RUNNING; TRAINING; VELOCITY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; MALE; OXYGEN; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RESPIRATION; RUNNING;

EID: 0031686320     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050432     Document Type: Article

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