An attempt to quantify the Placebo effect from a three-week simulated altitude training camp in elite race walkers

International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 521-534

  Saunders, Philo U ^a   Ahlgrim, Christoph ^b   Vallance, Brent ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a   Robertson, Eileen Y ^a   Clark, Sally A ^a   Schumacher, Yorck O ^b   Gore, Christopher J ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endurance training; Hemoglobin mass; Hypoxia; Live high:train low; Peak oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951528411     PISSN: 15550265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1123/ijspp.5.4.521     Document Type: Article

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