Improved running economy in elite runners after 20 days of simulated moderate-altitude exposure

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 931-937

  Saunders, P U ^a,c   Telford, R D ^a   Pyne, D B ^a   Cunningham, R B ^b   Gore, C J ^a   Hahn, A G ^a   Hawley, J A ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b Statwise Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Intermittent hypoxia; Oxygen consumption

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALTITUDE; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG MINUTE VOLUME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; TREADMILL EXERCISE; VELOCITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 1342283034     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00725.2003     Document Type: Article

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