Effectiveness of Preacclimatization Strategies for High-Altitude Exposure
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 41 (1), 55-63
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jes.0b013e31825eaa33
Abstract
Acute mountain sickness (AMS) and large decrements in endurance exercise performance occur when unacclimatized individuals rapidly ascend to high altitudes. Six altitude and hypoxia preacclimatization strategies were evaluated to determine their effectiveness for minimizing AMS and improving performance during altitude exposures. Strategies using hypobaric chambers or true altitude were much more effective overall than those using normobaric hypoxia (breathing, <20.9% oxygen).Keywords
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