Hypoxia Conditioning in Health, Exercise and Sport Principles, Mechanisms and Applications

1. Hypoxia: The Basics

Tadej Debevec and Gregoire P. Millet

2. Mechanisms of Intermittent Hypoxia Health Benefits

Johannes Burtscher, Oleg S. Glazachev, and Robert T. Mallet

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

François Billaut and Gustavo R. Mota

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

Xavier Woorons

4. Historical Development of Altitude Training and Hypoxic Conditioning

Randall L. Wilber

5. Neurodegenerative Diseases

Johannes Burtscher

6. Spinal Cord Injury

Gino Panza and Fei Zhao

7. Psychiatric Diseases

Eugenia Manukhina, H. Fred Downey, Vadim E. Tseilikman, and Johannes Burtscher

8. Hypoxemia, Pulmonary Disorders, And Hypoxia Conditioning

Annalisa Cogo and Martin Burtscher

9. Hypoxia and Obesity

Samuel Verges and Bengt Kayser

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

Tobias Dünnwald and Martin Burtscher

11. Intermittent Hypoxia Conditioning for Therapy of Systemic Hypertension

H. Fred Downey, Nadezhda P. Lyamina, Svetlana V. Lyamina, and Eugenia B. Manukhina

12. Intermittent Hypoxia: Effective Systemic Modality for Cardiac Rehabilitation

Robert T Mallet, Konrad Mayer, and Lei Xi

13. Load-Compromised Individuals

Mohammed Ihsan and Olivier Girard

14. Applications from Before Birth to High Age

Johannes Burtscher, Lutz Schega, Tom Behrendt, and Tadej Debevec

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

16. Altitude/Hypoxic Training for Endurance Athletes

Grégoire P. Millet and Franck Brocherie

17. Altitude Training in Team-Sport Athletes

Franck Brocherie, Olivier Girard, and Grégoire P Millet

18. Hypoxic Training for Strength Enhancement

Brendan R. Scott

  19. Hematological and Doping Issues

Antoine Raberin, Bastien Krumm, and Raphael Faiss

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

Marie Chambion-Diaz, Vincent Pialoux, and Sébastien Baillieul

21. Combination with Temperature Changes

Chris Esh, Sarah Carter, Bryna Chrismas, and Lee Taylor

22. Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia: Mechanisms and Clinical Application

Oleg S. Glazachev, Martin Burtscher, Lutz Schega, Tom Behrendt, and Robert T. Malle

Biography

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.

“The book is an outstanding resource for any teacher, student, medical doctor, coach, physiotherapist, athlete and patient willing to extend his/her knowledge in a broad range of existing hypoxic strategies to improve various pathological states and sport performance.”
Louise Deldicque, Professor in Exercise Physiology and Sport Nutrition at UCLouvain, Belgium