AltitudeOmics: On the consequences of high-altitude acclimatization for the development of fatigue during locomotor exercise in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 634-642

  Amann, Markus ^a   Goodall, Stuart ^b   Twomey, Rosie ^c   Subudhi, Andrew W ^d,e   Lovering, Andrew T ^f   Roach, Robert C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude; Arterial O2 content; Cerebral blood flow; Respiratory muscle work

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ARTERIAL O2 CONTENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RESPIRATORY MUSCLE WORK; REST; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL O2 CONTENT; CEREBRAL BLOOD FLOW; RESPIRATORY MUSCLE WORK;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PARTIAL PRESSURE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; REST;

EID: 84883563508     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00606.2013     Document Type: Article

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