Does intermittent hypoxia increase erythropoiesis in professional cyclists during a 3-week race?

Canadian Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-73

  Villa, José G ^a   Lucía, Alejandro ^b   Marroyo, José A ^a   Avila, Concepción ^a   Jiménez, Fernando ^c   García López, Juan ^a   Earnest, Conrad P ^d   Córdova, Alfredo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erythrocytes; Erythropoietin; Haematocrit; Haemoglobin; Reticulocytes

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BREATHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; RACE; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 14644435809     PISSN: 10667814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/h05-105     Document Type: Article

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