Effect of fourteen days of acclimatization on athletic performance in tropical climate

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 551-562

  Voltaire, Bruno ^a   Galy, Olivier ^a   Coste, Olivier ^b   Racinais, Sébastien ^a   Callis, André ^a,c   Blonc, Stephen ^a   Hertogh, Claude ^a   Hue, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^b HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

^c MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic performance; Dehydration; Hyperthermia; Jet lag; Triathletes

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RUNNING; SWEATING; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY TEMPERATURE; EXERTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; RUNNING; SWEATING; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 0036887141     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h02-031     Document Type: Article

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