Work capacity of permanent residents of high altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-115

  Marconi, Claudio ^a   Marzorati, Mauro ^a   Cerretelli, Paolo ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acclimatized lowlanders; Andeans; Chronic hypoxia; Exercise economy; High altitude natives; O2 consumption; Tibetans

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; MYOGLOBIN;

AEROBIC CAPACITY; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINA; CHINESE; CYCLING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FATIGUE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUNNING; SOUTH AMERICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERU; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TIBET; WORK CAPACITY EVALUATION;

EID: 33745903080     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2006.7.105     Document Type: Review

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