Question 290 of 433
What is intermittent hypoxia training?
The short answer
Breathing air with alternately low and high oxygen through a mask while resting, meant to imitate altitude training. It is experimental.
A few small studies in older and cardiac patients show modest gains in exercise tolerance. There are no long-term results. Walking uphill increases exercise demand. It is not physiologically equivalent to breathing a controlled low-oxygen mixture.
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SMALL HUMAN STUDIES — Hypoxia protocols: selected exercise or physiological outcomes; longevity benefit unproven.Evidence grade (draft mapping)BLimited or small human studiesPart 20, Q290 · Part sources
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