Seven intermittent exposures to altitude improves exercise performance at 4300 m

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Fulco, Charles S ^a   Cymerman, Allen ^a   Sawka, Michael N ^a   Lewis, Steven F ^b   Skrinar, Gary S ^b  

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

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial oxygen saturation; Heart rate; Hypobaric hypoxia; Intermittent hypoxia; Time trial performance test

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; WORK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; BICYCLING; CELL HYPOXIA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REST; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38049018043     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e31815a519b     Document Type: Article

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