Air to muscle O2 delivery during exercise at altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 123-134

  Calbet, José A L ^a,b   Lundby, Carsten ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Department of Sport Science   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altitude acclimatization; Hypoxia; Oxygen diffusion; Performance; Pulmonary gas exchange

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; PROSTAGLANDIN E; OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; BLOOD OXYGENATION; DISSOCIATION; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LEG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG ALVEOLUS OXYGEN TENSION; LUNG DIFFUSION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE EXERCISE; MUSCLE MASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADAPTATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE; LEG; LUNG; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; CARDIAC OUTPUT; EXERCISE; HUMANS; LEG; LUNG; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; PULMONARY VENTILATION;

EID: 70349206058     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1099     Document Type: Article

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