Absence of work efficiency differences during cycle ergometry exercise in Bolivian Aymara

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-59

  Brutsaert, Tom D ^a,b   Haas, Jere D ^b   Spielvogel, Hilde ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^c Inst Boliviano Biol de Altura   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Altitude; Andes; Energetic efficiency; Himalayas; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANALYTICAL ERROR; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BIRTH; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEA LEVEL; STEADY STATE; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOLIVIA; EFFICIENCY; ERGOMETRY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 1842431726     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702904322963681     Document Type: Review

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