Endurance training at altitude

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-148

  Saunders, Philo U ^a   Pyne, David B ^a,b,c   Gore, Christopher J ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Athletes at altitude; Red blood cells; Work capacity

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROPOIETIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1; LACTIC ACID; MYOGLOBIN;

ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; ENDURANCE; ERYTHROCYTE VOLUME; ERYTHROPOIESIS; HEART RATE; HUMAN; IRON STORAGE; LUNG VENTILATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RUNNING; SEA LEVEL; TRAINING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ALTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; ERYTHROCYTES; HEART RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; POPULATION GROUPS; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RUNNING;

EID: 70349221535     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2008.1092     Document Type: Article

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