The effect of intermittent hypobaric hypoxic exposure and sea level training on submaximal economy in well-trained swimmers and runners

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 104, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-337

  Truijens, Martin J ^d   Rodríguez, Ferran A ^b   Townsend, Nathan E ^c   Stray Gundersen, James ^a   Gore, Christopher J ^e,f   Levine, Benjamin D ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c New South Wales Institute of Sport   (Australia)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^f FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL OF DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Running; Swimming

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CAPILLARY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE ECONOMY; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; SEA LEVEL; SWIMMING; VELOCITY;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY VENTILATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RUNNING; SWIMMING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38949175781     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01324.2006     Document Type: Article

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