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The Effects of Altitude on the Hormonal Responses to Exercise

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Sports Endocrinology

Part of the book series: Contemporary Endocrinology ((COE,volume 23))

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Abstract

Changes in plasma concentration of hormones with physical activity have been thoroughly examined during the last 30 years and have been shown to play a key role in ventilatory, circulatory, and metabolic adaptations to the increase in metabolism with exercise (1,2).Plasma concentration of hormones reflects a balance among synthesis, release, and clearance of the substance, and only for very few hormones have turnover studies been performed. A variety of factors, including environmental conditions, have been found to be susceptible to influence the hormonal response to exercise (1).

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Favier, R.J.M. (2000). The Effects of Altitude on the Hormonal Responses to Exercise. In: Warren, M.P., Constantini, N.W. (eds) Sports Endocrinology. Contemporary Endocrinology, vol 23. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-016-2_21

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