High-intensity intermittent training in hypoxia: A double-blinded, placebo-controlled field study in youth football players

Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 226-237

  Brocherie, Franck ^a   Girard, Olivier ^a,b   Faiss, Raphael ^a   Millet, Grégoire P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b ASPETAR ORTHOPAEDIC AND SPORTS MEDICINE HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Agility; Football (soccer); Hypoxic training; Normobaric hypoxia; Repeatedsprint ability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RUNNING; SOCCER;

ADOLESCENT; ANOXIA; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RUNNING; SOCCER;

EID: 84927725412     PISSN: 10648011     EISSN: 15334295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000000590     Document Type: Article

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