Effect of high-intensity hypoxic training on sea-level swimming performances

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 733-743

  Truijens, M J ^a,b   Toussaint, H M ^b   Dow, J ^a   Levine, Benjamin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aerobic capacity; Anaerobic capacity; Hypoxia; Training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALTITUDE; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEA LEVEL; SWIMMING; TRAINING;

EID: 12244264848     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00079.2002     Document Type: Article

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