Defining the "dose" of altitude training: How high to live for optimal sea level performance enhancement

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 595-603

  Chapman, Robert F ^a   Karlsen, Trine ^b   Resaland, Geir K ^b   Ge, R L ^c   Harber, Matthew P ^d   Witkowski, Sarah ^d   Stray Gundersen, James ^b   Levine, Benjamin D ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c QINGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Athletes; Erythropoietin; Maximal oxygen uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; EPO PROTEIN, HUMAN; ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RUNNING; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ATHLETES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; MAXIMAL OXYGEN UPTAKE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ERYTHROCYTES; ERYTHROPOIETIN; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, HUMAN; PULMONARY VENTILATION; RUNNING; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901045685     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00634.2013     Document Type: Article

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