Effects of hypoxic interval training on cycling performance

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 138-146

  Roels, Belle ^a,d   Millet, Grégoire P ^a   Marcoux, Christophe J L ^a   Coste, Olivier ^a,b,c   Bentley, David J ^b   Candau, Robin B ^a  

^a UPRES EA 3759 Fac of Sport Sciences   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Reg Dept Dir of Youth and Sports   (France)

^d Faculty of Sport Sciences   (France)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Oxygen consumption; P1O2; Time trial

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BICYCLE; CYCLING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ANOXIA; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROCYTES; EXERCISE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SPORTS;

EID: 11344253497     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000150077.30672.88     Document Type: Article

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