Changes in ventilatory threshold at high altitude: Effect of antioxidants

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1425-1431

  Subudhi, Andrew W ^a   Jacobs, Kevin A ^b,c   Hagobian, Todd A ^b,d   Fattor, Jill A ^e   Muza, Stephen R ^f   Fulco, Charles S ^f   Cymerman, Allen ^f   Friedlander, Anne L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic threshold; Free radical; Hypoxia; Lactate threshold; V O2max

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; FREE RADICAL; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE PEROXIDASE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTIC ACID; LIPID HYDROPEROXIDE; PLACEBO; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMAN; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; ANTIOXIDANTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMAL VOLUNTARY VENTILATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 33747051177     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.mss.0000228939.32281.39     Document Type: Article

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