Intermittent hypobaric hypoxia stimulates erythropoiesis and improves aerobic capacity
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Inducing hypoxia in hypobaric chambers can improve aerobic capacity. Research in hypoxia helps find ways to improve the performance of athletes at high altitudes, and the study created a simulated increase in altitude. Increased performance levels is due to an increased lactate threshold. The erythrocytic mass also increased, as measured by rises in hematocrit, or packed cell volume; red blood count; and reticulocyte count. Measurements indicate a greater capacity for oxygen transport in the blood.
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 1999
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The role of the right ventricle during hypobaric hypoxic exercise: insights from patients after the Fontan operation
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Twelve subjects were studied to measure how the right ventricle responded to hypobaric hypoxic exercise after subjects had received the Fontan operation. The Fontan operation connects circulation veins to the pulmonary arteries. The study was conducted to determine the importance of the right ventricle in transporting oxygen for high-altitude exercise. Right ventricle function was not as important for submaximal exercise as it is for maximum cardiac efficiency.
Publication Name: Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0195-9131
Year: 1999
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