The limits of human endurance: What is the greatest endurance performance of all time? Which factors regulate performance at extreme altitude?

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 618, Issue , 2007, Pages 255-276

  Noakes, Timothy David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Central governor; Energy expenditure; Evolution; Heart; Hunting

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CIRCULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDURANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; FALCONIDAE; HOMINIDAE;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; ANOXIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SPORTS;

EID: 58249116648     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75434-5_20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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