A three-week traditional altitude training increases hemoglobin mass and red cell volume in elite biathlon athletes

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 350-355

  Heinicke, K ^a,c   Heinicke, I ^b,c   Schmidt, W ^c   Wolfarth, B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood volume; Erythropoietin; Hypoxia; Plasma volume; Transferrin receptor

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD VOLUME; CARBON DIOXIDE BREATHING; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIESIS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REBREATHING; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 20644467785     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-821052     Document Type: Article

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