Effectiveness of preacclimatization strategies for high-altitude exposure

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 55-63

  Fulco, Charles S ^a   Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a  

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

Author keywords

acute mountain sickness; altitude acclimatization, endurance exercise performance; hypobaric hypoxia; moderate altitude residence; normobaric hypoxia; staging

Indexed keywords

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; ENDURANCE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84872080006     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e31825eaa33     Document Type: Article

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