Linear decrease in VO2max and performance with increasing altitude in endurance athletes

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 404-412

  Wehrlin, Jon Peter ^a,b   Hallén, Jostein ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen saturation; Exercise; Hypoxia; Oxygen uptake; Time to exhaustion

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE TEST; EXHAUSTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT PARAMETERS; SEA LEVEL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY; ANOXIA; BLOOD; EXERCISE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33644599875     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-005-0081-9     Document Type: Article

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