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Endurance anemia, relevance to triathlon

Since anemia limits the delivery of oxygen to exercising muscle, avoiding anemia is essential for triathletes to maintain or improve athletic performance. However, exercise-associated conditions, such as iron deficiency, hypoxia, and inflammation, can often be pathogenetically linked to sports anemia. This chapter summarizes recent advances showing the relevance of anemia for physical exercise and athletic performance. In particular, the alterations in the control of iron homeostasis and the relevance of iron-deficient anemia to sports physiology are described.
© Copyright 2019 Triathlon Medicine. Published by Springer Nature. All rights reserved.

Bibliographic Details
Subjects:
Notations:endurance sports biological and medical sciences
Tagging:Anämie
Published in:Triathlon Medicine
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer Nature 2019
Online Access:https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-22357-1_12
Pages:173-183
Document types:article
Level:advanced