Improved race performance in elite middle-distance runners after cumulative altitude exposure

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 134-138

  Saunders, Philo U ^a   Telford, Richard D ^b   Pyne, David B ^a,b   Gore, Christopher J ^a,c   Hahn, Allan G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

^c Flinders University ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Elite athletes; Hypoxia; Performance; Running

Indexed keywords

EID: 63049100084     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.4.1.134     Document Type: Article

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