Hypoxic Exercise Training to Improve Exercise Capacity in Obese Individuals

• Published in: Medicine and science in sports and exercise Vol. 52; no. 8; p. 1641
• Main Authors: Chacaroun, Samarmar, Borowik, Anna, Vega-Escamilla Y Gonzalez, Ignacio, Doutreleau, StÉphane, Wuyam, Bernard, Belaidi, Elise, Tamisier, Renaud, Pepin, Jean-Louis, Flore, Patrice, Verges, Samuel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2020
• Subjects: Blood Glucose - metabolism; Blood Pressure; Body Composition; Body Mass Index; Exercise Therapy - methods; Exercise Tolerance; Female; Humans; Hypoxia; Insulin - blood; Lipids - blood; Male; Middle Aged; Obesity - physiopathology; Obesity - therapy; Oxidative Stress; Oxygen - blood; Oxygen Consumption; Physical Conditioning, Human - methods; Prospective Studies; Single-Blind Method; Superoxide Dismutase - blood

Combining exercise training with hypoxic exposure has been recently proposed as a new therapeutic strategy to improve health status of obese individuals. Whether hypoxic exercise training (HET) provides greater benefits regarding body composition and cardiometabolic parameters than normoxic exercise...