Intermittent normobaric hypoxia does not alter performance or erythropoietic markers in highly trained distance runners

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1800-1807

  Julian, Colleen G ^a   Gore, Christopher J ^e   Wilber, Randall L ^c   Daniels, Jack T ^a   Fredericson, Michael ^d   Stray Gundersen, James ^b   Hahn, Allan G ^e   Parisotto, Robin ^e   Levine, Benjamin D ^b,f  

^a Sports Med Institute International   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

^c United States Olympic Committee   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Athletes; Erythropoietin; Exercise; Intermittent hypoxic training

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ERYTHROPOIESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MARATHON RUNNER; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN BREATHING; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TENSION; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETICULOCYTE; TRAINING; TREADMILL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHROPOIESIS; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; RUNNING; SOLUBILITY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342626641     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00969.2003     Document Type: Article

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