Why is endurance performance decreased at high altitude?

Schweizerische Zeitschrift fur Sportmedizin und Sporttraumatologie

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 54-60

  Kayser, Bengt ^a  

^a Institut des Sciences du Mouvement et de la Médecine du Sport   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; AMBIENT AIR; CAPILLARY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXHAUSTION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; LIMB; LOCOMOTION; LUNG ALVEOLUS; METABOLIC RATE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; REVIEW;

EID: 23844548948     PISSN: 14220644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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