Altitude training improves glycemic control

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Shu Man ^a   Lin, Hsueh Yi ^b   Kuo, Chia Hua ^c  

^a SHIH HSIN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Glucose tolerance; Hypoxia; Insulin sensitivity; metabolic syndromes

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROTEIN AS160; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84879287192     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4077/CJP.2013.BAB130     Document Type: Article

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