Acute exposure to moderate high altitude decreases growth hormone response to physical exercise in untrained subjects

Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 554-558

  Gutierrez A ^a   Gonzalez Gross M ^a   Ruiz, J R ^a   Mesa, J L M ^a   Castillo, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Exercise, physiology; Somatotropin

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LACTIC ACID; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; EXERCISE; FITNESS; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE TEST; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LACTIC ACID; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 1242295219     PISSN: 00224707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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