Reduced performance of male and female athletes at 580 m altitude

European Journal of Applied Physiology and Occupational Physiology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 136-143

  Gore, C J ^a   Little, S C ^b   Hahn, A G ^a   Scroop, G C ^b   Norton, K I ^c   Bourdon, P C ^d   Woolford, S M ^d   Buckley, J D ^c   Stanef, T ^d   Campbell, D P ^a   Watson, D B ^e   Emonson, D L ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d South Australian Sports Institute   (Australia)

^e Royal Australian Air Force   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hypobaria; Hypoxaemia; Performance; V( )O(2peak); Women

Indexed keywords

OXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXEMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPORTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0345577766     PISSN: 03015548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210050138     Document Type: Article

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