Living high-training low: Tolerance and acclimatization in elite endurance athletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 66-77

  Brugniaux, Julien V ^a   Schmitt, Laurent ^a,b   Robach, Paul ^c   Jeanvoine, Hervé ^d   Zimmermann, Hugues ^e   Nicolet, Gérard ^b   Duvallet, Alain ^a   Fouillot, Jean Pierre ^a   Richalet, Jean Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^b Centre National de Ski Nordique   (France)

^c Ecole National de Ski et d'Alpinisme   (France)

^d Hopital de St Claude   (France)

^e Hôpital de Champagnole   (France)

Author keywords

Cardiac function; Hypoxic ventilatory response; Intermittent hypoxia; Leukocyte count; Nocturnal arterial saturation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE TRAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWIMMING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RUNNING; SKIING; SWIMMING;

EID: 29544447040     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0065-9     Document Type: Article

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