Improving athletic performance: Is altitude residence or altitude training helpful?

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 162-171

  Fulco, Charles S ^a   Rock, Paul B ^a   Cymerman, Allen ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude acclimatization; Altitude training strategies; Exercise performance; Exercise training strategies; Hypoxia; Training stimulus

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ATHLETE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; REVIEW; RUNNING; TRAINING;

ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BLOOD VOLUME; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ELAGATIS;

EID: 0033960108     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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