Cardiorespiratory Fitness of High Altitude Mountaineers: The Underestimated Prerequisite

High Alt Med Biol. 2015 Jun;16(2):169-70. doi: 10.1089/ham.2015.0021. Epub 2015 May 6.

Authors

Martin Burtscher¹, Hannes Gatterer¹, Axel Kleinsasser²

Affiliations

¹ 1 Department of Sport Science, Medical Section, University of Innsbruck , Austria .
² 2 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University Innsbruck , Austria .

PMID: 25946474
DOI: 10.1089/ham.2015.0021

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Acclimatization / physiology
Altitude*
Humans
Mountaineering / physiology*
Oxygen Consumption*
Physical Fitness*
Time Factors