2007, Piran, Slovenia

Environmental Ergonomics XII
Igor B. Mekjavic, Stelios N. Kounalakis & Nigel A.S. Taylor (Eds.), © BIOMED, Ljubljana 2007
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Table 1: Haematological parameters before and after IHT in both
experimental groups. All parameters remained unchanged following
the acclimatisation procedure (p>0.05).
Control group Acclimatisation group
Erythrocytes
(10 12 /L)
Haemoglobin
(g/L)
Hematocrit
Reticulocytes
(10 9 /L)
Before After Before After
4.7
(0.3)
141
(9)
0.42
(0.02)
27
(6)
4.7
(0.2)
141
(9)
0.41
(0.02)
26
(11)
4.9
(0.4)
146
(7)
0.44
(0.02)
35
(8)
4.9
(0.2)
146
(9)
0.43
(0.02)
33
(14)
Figure 1: Maximal work load (WL; W) achieved in an incremental cycle ergometry
test before and after the acclimatisation procedure in both groups. No significant
changes were observed in any of the groups in either a normoxic or a hypoxic test.