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- Published on: 11 October 2022
- Published on: 11 October 2022
- Published on: 11 October 2022Increase in Hb mass after alitude training in elite junior athletesShow More
Dear Editors,
Dres. Gore and Hahn suggest that the significant mean increase of 6% in total haemoglobin mass (tHbmass) which we observed after altitude training in elite junior swimmers might to a major extend be attributed to few erroneous measurements after altitude training. As already discussed in the paper, we agree that an increase of about 24% is astonishingly high. However, as pointed out, we were not the...
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None declared. - Published on: 11 October 2022Why such large increases in Hb mass?Show More
Dear Editors,
The altitude training study of Friedmann et al. reported a 6% increase in haemoglobin mass (Hbmass), but this result warrants close scrutiny, particularly without a corroborating measure of augmented VO2max, nor of corresponding measures in a matched control group. The authors’ contend that “there exist no studies in which the changes in total haemoglobin mass following treatment with recombinant...
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