Hypoxic training: Effect on mitochondrial function and aerobic performance in hypoxia

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1936-1945

  Robach, Paul ^a   Bonne, Thomas ^b   Flück, Daniela ^c   Bürgi, Simon ^c   Toigo, Marco ^c,d   Jacobs, Robert A ^c   Lundby, Carsten ^c  

^a Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Endurance performance; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial efficiency; Oxidative phosphorylation; Skeletal muscle; Total hemoglobin mass

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATHLETE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; ATHLETES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE;

EID: 84914708230     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000321     Document Type: Article

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