Effects of mountaineering training at high altitude (4350 m) on physical work performance of women

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 685-691

  Purkayastha, S S ^a   Bhaumik, G ^a   Sharma, R P ^a   Arora, B S ^a   Selvamurthy, W ^a  

^a DEFENCE INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

High altitude; Moderate altitude; Physical fitness index (PFI); Step test exercise; Trekking; Women mountaineering trainees

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VENTILATION; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MOUNTAINEERING; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 0033935439     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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