Delayed acclimatization of the ventilatory threshold in healthy trekkers

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Myers, Stephen D ^a,e   Biccard, Bruce M ^b,c   Chan, Colin ^d,e   Imray, Christopher H E ^d,e   Wright, Alexander D ^e   Pattinson, Kyle T S ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Altitude; Exercise; Lactate; Ventilatory threshold

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY MASS; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

EID: 45149086031     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-BR-1271.1     Document Type: Article

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