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The effect of breathing an ambient low-density, hyperoxic gas on the perceived effort of breathing and maximal performance of exercise in well-trained athletes
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- Published on: 11 October 2022
- Published on: 11 October 2022Hepatic oxygenation: rate-limiting factor in athletes.Show More
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If my understanding of tissue energetics is correct then a rate-limiting factor in athletes might well be the adequacy of hepatic oxygenation [1]. If so the presence of celiac axis stenosis might be a contributing and reversible factor.
Celiac axis stenosis, which may be caused by a contricting band of fibrous tissue, was found in 1.7% of 3449 patients from 0 to 18 years examined with abdomi...
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