Live high-train low using normobaric hypoxia: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled study

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-117

  Siebenmann, Christoph ^a   Robach, Paul ^b   Jacobs, Robert A ^a   Rasmussen, Peter ^a   Nordsborg, Nikolai ^c   Diaz, Victor ^a   Christ, Andreas ^d   Olsen, Niels Vidiendal ^e   Maggiorini, Marco ^d   Lundby, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ecole Nationale des Sports de Montagne   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altitude; LHTL; Performance; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATHLETES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855379040     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00388.2011     Document Type: Article

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