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Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review
It was the Summer Olympic Games 1968 held in Mexico City (2,300 m) that required scientists and coaches to cope with the expected decline of performance in endurance athletes and to establish optimal preparation programs for competing at altitude. From that period until now many different recommenda...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6218926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30425646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01504 |
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author | Burtscher, Martin Niedermeier, Martin Burtscher, Johannes Pesta, Dominik Suchy, Jiri Strasser, Barbara |
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description | It was the Summer Olympic Games 1968 held in Mexico City (2,300 m) that required scientists and coaches to cope with the expected decline of performance in endurance athletes and to establish optimal preparation programs for competing at altitude. From that period until now many different recommendations for altitude acclimatization in advance of an altitude competition were proposed, ranging from several hours to several weeks. Those recommendations are mostly based on the separate consideration of the physiology of acclimatization, psychological issues, performance changes, logistical or individual aspects, but there is no review considering all these aspects in their entirety. Therefore, the present work primarily focusses on the period of altitude sojourn prior to the competition at altitude based on physiological and psychological aspects complemented by nutritional and sports practical considerations. |
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spelling | pubmed-62189262018-11-13 Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review Burtscher, Martin Niedermeier, Martin Burtscher, Johannes Pesta, Dominik Suchy, Jiri Strasser, Barbara Front Physiol Physiology It was the Summer Olympic Games 1968 held in Mexico City (2,300 m) that required scientists and coaches to cope with the expected decline of performance in endurance athletes and to establish optimal preparation programs for competing at altitude. From that period until now many different recommendations for altitude acclimatization in advance of an altitude competition were proposed, ranging from several hours to several weeks. Those recommendations are mostly based on the separate consideration of the physiology of acclimatization, psychological issues, performance changes, logistical or individual aspects, but there is no review considering all these aspects in their entirety. Therefore, the present work primarily focusses on the period of altitude sojourn prior to the competition at altitude based on physiological and psychological aspects complemented by nutritional and sports practical considerations. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6218926/ /pubmed/30425646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01504 Text en Copyright © 2018 Burtscher, Niedermeier, Burtscher, Pesta, Suchy and Strasser. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Burtscher, Martin Niedermeier, Martin Burtscher, Johannes Pesta, Dominik Suchy, Jiri Strasser, Barbara Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review |
title | Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review |
title_full | Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review |
title_fullStr | Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review |
title_full_unstemmed | Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review |
title_short | Preparation for Endurance Competitions at Altitude: Physiological, Psychological, Dietary and Coaching Aspects. A Narrative Review |
title_sort | preparation for endurance competitions at altitude: physiological, psychological, dietary and coaching aspects. a narrative review |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6218926/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30425646 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2018.01504 |
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