Combining heat stress and moderate hypoxia reduces cycling time to exhaustion without modifying neuromuscular fatigue characteristics

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1521-1532

  Girard, Olivier ^a,b   Racinais, Sébastien ^a  

^a ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Altitude; Exercise capacity; Peripheral fatigue; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEAT; HEAT INJURY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INNERVATION; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QATAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; TORQUE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BICYCLING; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TEST; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QATAR; TIME FACTORS; TORQUE;

EID: 84902547459     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-014-2883-0     Document Type: Article

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