Medicine:Intermittent hypoxic training
Intermittent hypoxic training (IHT), also known as intermittent hypoxic therapy, is a technique aimed at improving human performance by way of adaptation to reduced oxygen.
- Procedure
An IHT session consists of an interval of several minutes breathing hypoxic (low oxygen) air, alternated with intervals breathing ambient (normoxic) or hyperoxic air. The procedure may be repeated several times in variable-length sessions per day, depending on a physician's prescription or a manufacturer's protocol.[1] Standard practice is for the patient to remain stationary while breathing hypoxic air via a hand-held mask. The therapy is delivered using a hypoxicator during the day time, allowing the dosage to be monitored. Biofeedback can be delivered using a pulse oximeter.
Effects
A number of effects are reported.[2][3][clarification needed] It is important to differentiate between physiological adaptations to mild hypoxia and re-oxygenation episodes (i.e., the IHT protocol) and frequent nocturnal suffocation awakenings produced by sleep apnea, which might result in various pathologies.[4][clarification needed]
Applications
IHT has been used to try to improve performance in sports.[5] and has been used in a number of health conditions.[6][clarification needed]
Hardware manufacturers[7]
- Ai Mediq
- Biomedtech Australia
- Go2 Altitude
- Gooxygen
- Higher Peak
- Hypoxico
- POWERBreathe
- TrainingMask
- SMTEC
See also
References
- ↑ Navarrete-Opazo, Angela; Mitchell, Gordon S. (15 November 2014). "Therapuetic potential of intermittent hypoxia: a matter of dose". Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 307 (10): R1181–R1197. doi:10.1152/ajpregu.00208.2014. PMID 25231353.
- ↑ "Formation and Role of Nitric Oxide Stores in Adaptation to Hypoxia". Oxygen Transport to Tissue XXVII. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. 231. April 2006. 343–65. doi:10.1007/0-387-29540-2_6. ISBN 978-0-387-29543-5. https://archive.org/details/oxygentransportt0000inte/page/343.
- ↑ "Nonhematological mechanisms of improved sea-level performance after hypoxic exposure". Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 39 (9): 1600–9. September 2007. doi:10.1249/mss.0b013e3180de49d3. PMID 17805094.
- ↑ "Intermittent hypoxia: cause of or therapy for systemic hypertension?". Experimental Biology and Medicine 233 (6): 627–50. June 2008. doi:10.3181/0710-MR-267. PMID 18408145.
- ↑ Levine, BD (2002). "Intermittent hypoxic training: fact and fancy.". High Altitude Medicine & Biology 3 (2): 177–93. doi:10.1089/15270290260131911. PMID 12162862.
- ↑ Serebrovskaya TV (2002). "Intermittent hypoxia research in the former soviet union and the commonwealth of independent States: history and review of the concept and selected applications". High Altitude Medicine & Biology 3 (2): 205–21. doi:10.1089/15270290260131939. PMID 12162864.
- ↑ ltd, Research and Markets. "Hypoxic Training Equipment: Next Generation Health and Fitness" (in english). https://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/5011494/hypoxic-training-equipment-next-generation.
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