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Brutsaert T, Milotich M, Frisancho AR, et al. Coca chewing among high altitude natives: Work and muscular efficiencies of nonhabitual chewers. Am J Hum Biol. 1995;7(5):607-616doi: 10.1002/ajhb.1310070508.
Brutsaert, T., Milotich, M., Frisancho, A. R., & Spielvogel, H. (1995). Coca chewing among high altitude natives: Work and muscular efficiencies of nonhabitual chewers. American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council, 7(5), 607-616. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.1310070508
Brutsaert, Tom, et al. "Coca chewing among high altitude natives: Work and muscular efficiencies of nonhabitual chewers." American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council vol. 7,5 (1995): 607-616. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.1310070508
Brutsaert T, Milotich M, Frisancho AR, Spielvogel H. Coca chewing among high altitude natives: Work and muscular efficiencies of nonhabitual chewers. Am J Hum Biol. 1995;7(5):607-616. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.1310070508. PMID: 28557123.
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Am J Hum Biol. 1995;7(5):607-616. doi: 10.1002/ajhb.1310070508.

Coca chewing among high altitude natives: Work and muscular efficiencies of nonhabitual chewers.

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council

Tom Brutsaert, Mark Milotich, A Roberto Frisancho, Hilde Spielvogel

Affiliations

  1. Department of Anthropology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850.
  2. Center for Human Growth and Development, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0406.
  3. Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura, La Paz, Bolivia.

PMID: 28557123 DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.1310070508

Abstract

The leaves of the coca plant (Erythroxylum sp.) have long been chewed by natives of the highland Andes. Folk belief is that the mild stimulant effect is indispensable as an ergogenic aid for strenuous work activities in a high altitude environment. This study explored the exercise responses of 23 nonhabitual coca chewing males who were asked to pedal a bicycle ergometer through a series of submaximal and maximal workloads both with and without coca chewing. The protocol of the exercise test was specifically designed to allow for the determination of work and muscular efficiencies during to submaximal work. The subjects showed no differences between the coca and control work protocols for VO

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