Live high-train low for 24 days increases hemoglobin mass and red cell volume in elite endurance athletes

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1938-1945

  Wehrlin, Jon Peter ^a,b   Zuest, Peter ^a   Hallén, Jostein ^b   Marti, Bernard ^a  

^a Federal Office of Sport   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Altitude training; Blood volume; Erythropoietin; Hypoxia; Maximal oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; IRON; TRANSFERRIN; TRANSFERRIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; REBREATHING; RETICULOCYTE; SKIING; SPORT;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ANTHROPOMETRY; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIETIN; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RETICULOCYTE COUNT; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 33744917505     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01284.2005     Document Type: Article

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