Point: positive effects of intermittent hypoxia (live high:train low) on exercise performance are mediated primarily by augmented red cell volume.
Levine
Benjamin D
BD
Institute for Exercise and Environmental Medicine Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, Texas, USA. benjaminlevine@texashealth.org
Stray-Gundersen
James
J
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*