Intermittent hypoxic exposure does not improve endurance performance at altitude

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1317-1325

  Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Fulco, Charles S ^a   Jones, Juli E ^a   Lammi, Eric ^a   Staab, Janet E ^a   Cymerman, Allen ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AArterial oxygen saturation; HR; Hypobaric hypoxia; Normobaric hypoxia; Time trial

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETER; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TIME;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANOXIA; BICYCLING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650077357     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181954601     Document Type: Article

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