Browsing Biologia Cel·lular, Fisiologia i Immunologia by Subject "Aclimatació"

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Genotyped indigenous Kiwcha adults at high altitude are lighter and shorter than their low altitude counterparts

Ortiz-Prado, Esteban; Mendieta, Gonzalo; Simbaña-Rivera, Katherine; Gomez-Barreno, Lenin; Landazuri, Samanta; Vásconez González, Jorge Eduardo; Calvopiña, Manuel; Viscor Carrasco, Ginés (2022-04-07)

Background Anthropometric measures have been classically used to understand the impact of environmental factors on the living conditions of individuals and populations. Most reference studies on development and growth in ...

How important is VO2max when climbing Mt. Everest (8,849m)?

Burtscher, Martin; Viscor Carrasco, Ginés (2022-04-07)

The maximal rate of oxygen uptake (V̇O2max) of humans declines with increasing altitude, but represents the upper limit of aerobic endurance performance at low and high altitude as well. Before Reinhold Messner and Peter ...