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Hypoxia and Exercise: Effects on Health and Performance

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Global Health".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 13253

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Dr. Domingo Jesús Ramos Campo

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Sports Science Faculty, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, Av. de los Jerónimos, 135, 30107 Guadalupe, Murcia, Spain
Interests: hypoxia and exercise; endurance performance; training
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Prof. Dr. Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias

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LFE Research Group, Department of Health and Human Performance, School of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences-INEF, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Interests: women’s health; physical activity and health in postmenopausal women; active aging; physiology of the neuro-muscular system; exercise and physical activity; strength training; whole-body vibration training, sleep quality, and sarcopenia
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is well-established that exercise training under O2-deprived environments can improve physical fitness due to erythropoiesis stimulation that provokes the improvement of oxygen transport. In addition, exercise in hypoxia that activates the hypoxia-inducible factor may play an essential role in effective metabolism regulation (mass maintenance, glucose homeostasis, and liver metabolism) improving glucose intake and transport, glycolysis, lactate production to provide ATP, and oxygen transport and satiety, among others. Additionally, lipid metabolism can be further enhanced when exercise training is conducted in O2-deprived environments. For these reasons, several recent studies have used hypoxic training as a new therapeutic strategy to improve the symptoms of a range of cardiovascular, metabolic, and pulmonary diseases such as hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, obesity, sarcopenia, coronary artery disease or multiple sclerosis. Therefore, in this Special Issue, we are looking for original investigations describing how hypoxic environment during active exercise of passive exposure influences adaptive responses in health or physical fitness markers. Research articles on topics associated with the application of hypoxia on health and performance are invited.

Dr. Domingo Jesús Ramos Campo
Prof. Dr. Jacobo A. Rubio-Arias
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Keywords

  • altitude
  • chronic disease
  • hypoxic conditioning
  • hypoxic exposure
  • hypoxic training
  • obesity
  • sarcopenia

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Effect of a Single Session of Intermittent Hypoxia on Erythropoietin and Oxygen-Carrying Capacity
by Mercedes J. Nagel, Caitlin P. Jarrard and Sophie Lalande
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(19), 7257; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17197257 - 04 Oct 2020
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Intermittent hypoxia, defined as alternating bouts of breathing hypoxic and normoxic air, has the potential to improve oxygen-carrying capacity through an erythropoietin-mediated increase in hemoglobin mass. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a single session of intermittent hypoxia [...] Read more.
Intermittent hypoxia, defined as alternating bouts of breathing hypoxic and normoxic air, has the potential to improve oxygen-carrying capacity through an erythropoietin-mediated increase in hemoglobin mass. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of a single session of intermittent hypoxia on erythropoietin levels and hemoglobin mass in young healthy individuals. Nineteen participants were randomly assigned to an intermittent hypoxia group (Hyp, n = 10) or an intermittent normoxia group (Norm, n = 9). Intermittent hypoxia consisted of five 4-min hypoxic cycles at a targeted arterial oxygen saturation of 90% interspersed with 4-min normoxic cycles. Erythropoietin levels were measured before and two hours following completion of the protocol. Hemoglobin mass was assessed the day before and seven days after exposure to intermittent hypoxia or normoxia. As expected, the intermittent hypoxia group had a lower arterial oxygen saturation than the intermittent normoxia group during the intervention (Hyp: 89 ± 1 vs. Norm: 99 ± 1%, p < 0.01). Erythropoietin levels did not significantly increase following exposure to intermittent hypoxia (Hyp: 8.2 ± 4.5 to 9.0 ± 4.8, Norm: 8.9 ± 1.7 to 11.1 ± 2.1 mU·mL−1, p = 0.15). Hemoglobin mass did not change following exposure to intermittent hypoxia. This single session of intermittent hypoxia was not sufficient to elicit a significant rise in erythropoietin levels or hemoglobin mass in young healthy individuals. Full article
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Hypoxic Pilates Intervention for Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
by Kyounghwa Jung, Jisu Kim, Hun-Young Park, Won-Sang Jung and Kiwon Lim
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(19), 7186; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17197186 - 30 Sep 2020
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This study examined the effect of Pilates training under hypoxia, a novel treatment method, for obesity. Thirty-two Korean women with obesity (age: 34–60 (47.5 ± 7.5) years) were randomly assigned to control (CON; n = 10), normoxic Pilates training (NPTG; n = 10), [...] Read more.
This study examined the effect of Pilates training under hypoxia, a novel treatment method, for obesity. Thirty-two Korean women with obesity (age: 34–60 (47.5 ± 7.5) years) were randomly assigned to control (CON; n = 10), normoxic Pilates training (NPTG; n = 10), and hypoxic Pilates training groups (HPTG; n = 12). The NPTG and HPTG performed 50 min of Pilates training using a tubing band for 12 weeks (3 days/week) in their respective environmental conditions (NPTG: normoxic condition, inspired oxygen fraction (FiO2) = 20.9%; HPTG: moderate hypoxic condition, FiO2 = 14.5%). The CON maintained their daily lifestyle without intervention. All subjects underwent body composition, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, vascular endothelial function, cardiometabolic biomarker, hemorheological function, and aerobic performance measurements before and after the intervention. The HPTG showed a significant improvement in diastolic blood pressure, total cholesterol and triglyceride concentrations, flow-mediated dilation, and erythrocyte deformability and aggregation (all p < 0.05) compared with the CON and NPTG. However, compared with the CON and NPTG, the HPTG did not show improvement in other parameters. Hypoxic Pilates intervention is a novel and successful method for promoting endothelial and hemorheological functions in women with obesity. Full article
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Impact of Active and Passive Hypoxia as Re-Warm-Up Activities on Rugby Players’ Performance
by Domingo Jesús Ramos-Campo, João Malta, Guillermo Olcina, Rafael Timón, Armando Raimundo and Pablo Tomas-Carus
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(8), 2971; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17082971 - 24 Apr 2020
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The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of four types of re-warm-up (R-WU) activity, namely rest in normoxia (RN) at FiO2 = 20.9%, rest in hypoxia (RH) at FiO2 = 15%, activity (4 × 5 jumps/15 s) in [...] Read more.
The aim of this study was to analyse the effect of four types of re-warm-up (R-WU) activity, namely rest in normoxia (RN) at FiO2 = 20.9%, rest in hypoxia (RH) at FiO2 = 15%, activity (4 × 5 jumps/15 s) in normoxia (AN) and activity in hypoxia (AH) on physical performance. Ten elite male rugby players completed a 15-min warm-up followed by one of the 15-min randomized R-WU strategies. After R-WU, countermovement jump (CMJ), 20 m sprint and repeat sprint ability (RSA) tests were assessed. Compared to passive strategies (RN and RH), tympanic temperature was higher after active R-WU (AN and AH) (p = 0.016). Higher values of CMJ height (p = 0.037) and 20 m sprint (p = 0.02) were found in AH than in RN. In addition, mean RSA was lower (p = 0.008) in AH than in RN and RH. Blood lactate concentration was higher (p = 0.007) after RN and AN strategies than after AH. Muscle O2 saturation (p = 0.021) and total Hb (p = 0.042) were higher after AH than after the other three conditions and after RN, respectively. Therefore, an active R-WU under hypoxia could be useful to elite rugby players, once it had attenuated the decline in tympanic temperature during a 15-min period after warm-up, improving jump, sprint and RSA performance. Full article
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A Focused Review on the Maximal Exercise Responses in Hypo- and Normobaric Hypoxia: Divergent Oxygen Uptake and Ventilation Responses
by Benedikt Treml, Hannes Gatterer, Johannes Burtscher, Axel Kleinsasser and Martin Burtscher
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(14), 5239; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph17145239 - 20 Jul 2020
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The literature suggests that acute hypobaric (HH) and normobaric (NH) hypoxia exposure elicits different physiological responses. Only limited information is available on whether maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test outcomes, performed on either the treadmill or the cycle ergometer, are affected differently by NH and [...] Read more.
The literature suggests that acute hypobaric (HH) and normobaric (NH) hypoxia exposure elicits different physiological responses. Only limited information is available on whether maximal cardiorespiratory exercise test outcomes, performed on either the treadmill or the cycle ergometer, are affected differently by NH and HH. A focused literature review was performed to identify relevant studies reporting cardiorespiratory responses in well-trained male athletes (individuals with a maximal oxygen uptake, VO2max > 50 mL/min/kg at sea level) to cycling or treadmill running in simulated acute HH or NH. Twenty-one studies were selected. The exercise tests in these studies were performed in HH (n = 90) or NH (n = 151) conditions, on a bicycle ergometer (n = 178) or on a treadmill (n = 63). Altitudes (simulated and terrestrial) varied between 2182 and 5400 m. Analyses (based on weighted group means) revealed that the decline in VO2max per 1000 m gain in altitude was more pronounced in acute NH vs. HH (−7.0 ± 1.4% vs. −5.6 ± 0.9%). Maximal minute ventilation (VEmax) increased in acute HH but decreased in NH with increasing simulated altitude (+1.9 ± 0.9% vs. −1.4 ± 1.8% per 1000 m gain in altitude). Treadmill running in HH caused larger decreases in arterial oxygen saturation and heart rate than ergometer cycling in acute HH, which was not the case in NH. These results indicate distinct differences between maximal cardiorespiratory responses to cycling and treadmill running in acute NH or HH. Such differences should be considered when interpreting exercise test results and/or monitoring athletic training. Full article
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