Sea-level exercise performance following adaptation to hypoxia: A meta-analysis

Sports Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 107-127

  Bonetti, Darrell L ^a   Hopkins, Will G ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ATHLETE; ENDURANCE; ENDURANCE SPORT; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFERENTIAL STATISTICS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PERFORMANCE; REVIEW; SAMPLE SIZE; SEA LEVEL; SPORT; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 59849123918     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00007256-200939020-00002     Document Type: Review

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