This book delivers an understanding of systemic and molecular mechanisms involved in hypoxia adaptations and examines forms of hypoxia conditioning with a view to create performance-enhancing strategies for athletes and an examination on clinical applications for pathologies.

While severe hypoxia has detrimental health consequences, the controlled application of hypoxia can be protective and holds great promise as a performance-enhancing and therapeutic intervention. Hypoxia Conditioning in Health, Exercise and Sport: Principles, Mechanisms and Applications delivers an understanding of systemic and molecular mechanisms involved in hypoxia adaptations and examines the most promising forms of hypoxia conditioning with a view to create performance-enhancing strategies for athletes, as well as an offering an examination on clinical applications for numerous pathologies.This cutting-edge book examines how positive physiological adaptations not only acutely enhance tolerance to hypoxia but can also induce sustained health benefits. This has enabled the development and refinement of approaches utilizing hypoxia, strategies also termed hypoxia conditioning, to improve health and performance outcomes.By linking research with recommendations for real-world situations, this volume will serve as an invaluable resource for students, academics, exercise science professionals and sports medicine specialists, especially those in environmental physiology and coaching subjects.

Autorentext

Olivier Girard is a professor at the University of Western Australia, researching the mechanisms and adaptations that influence health and performance during physical activity in adverse environmental conditions (heat and altitude). (https://www.oliviergirard.com/)

Johannes Burtscher is a neurobiologist investigating oxygen availability and consumption in humans and animals, with a focus on mitochondrial physiology in the brain and in brain-aging.

Martin Burtscher is a retired professor in sports science and sports medicine at the University of Innsbruck, Austria.

Grégoire Millet is a professor in exercise and environmental physiology at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Inhalt

1. Hypoxia: The Basics

2. Mechanisms of Intermittent Hypoxia Health Benefits

3a. Ischemic Preconditioning: A Practical Tool for Enhancing Exercise Performance

3b. The Voluntary Hypoventilation at Low Lung Volume (VHL) Method

4. Historical Development of Altitude Training and Hypoxic Conditioning

5. Neurodegenerative Diseases

6. Spinal Cord Injury

7. Psychiatric Diseases

8. Hypoxemia, Pulmonary Disorders, And Hypoxia Conditioning

9. Hypoxia and Obesity

10. Metabolic Disorders, i.e., Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes

11. Intermittent Hypoxia Conditioning for Therapy of Systemic Hypertension

12. Intermittent Hypoxia: Effective Systemic Modality for Cardiac Rehabilitation

13. Load-Compromised Individuals

14. Applications from Before Birth to High Age

15. Hypoxia Conditioning for Pre-Acclimatization Before Going To High Altitude (i.e., Hiking, Skiing, Trekking, Climbing)

16. Altitude/Hypoxic Training for Endurance Athletes

17. Altitude Training in Team-Sport Athletes

18. Hypoxic Training for Strength Enhancement

19. Hematological and Doping Issues

20. Potential Downsides of Intermittent Hypoxia Immune Function, Inflammation, and Oxidative Stress

21. Combination with Temperature Changes

22. Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia: Mechanisms and Clinical Application