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Sports in Altitude

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Over the past two decades, hypoxic training, that is, a method where athletes train under hypoxic conditions (lower oxygen available), has gained unprecedented popularity. By adding the stress of hypoxia during training, this method may potentiate greater performance improvements compared to similar training at sea level. The potential mechanisms underpinning the effectiveness of those methods are not completely discovered. The characteristics of optimal training stimulus in hypoxia are still evolving but promising.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. SportAltitude Training Centre, Geneva, Switzerland

    Sandra Leal & Pascal Zellner

  2. IFREMMONT, Chamonix, France

    Sandra Leal & Pascal Zellner

  3. Locomotor and Sports Medicine, Orthopedics and Sports Trauma Care Unit (UOTS), Swiss Olympic Medical Center, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Philippe M. Tscholl

  4. Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Philippe M. Tscholl

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Correspondence to Sandra Leal .

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  1. SportDocsFranken, Nuremberg, Germany

    Werner Krutsch

  2. Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

    Hermann O. Mayr

  3. UPMC Freddie Fu Sports Medicine Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Volker Musahl

  4. Education and Research Department, Isokinetic Medical Group, Bologna, Italy

    Francesco Della Villa

  5. Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

    Philippe M. Tscholl

  6. Hospital da Luz, Setubal, Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Clinic, Montijo, Portugal

    Henrique Jones

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Leal, S., Zellner, P., Tscholl, P.M. (2020). Sports in Altitude. In: Krutsch, W., Mayr, H.O., Musahl, V., Della Villa, F., Tscholl, P.M., Jones, H. (eds) Injury and Health Risk Management in Sports. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-60752-7_63

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