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Hypoxic Adaptation and Training: Historic, Biomedical, and Sport Aspects

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—The review outlines the milestones in studying the processes of human adaptation to hypoxia and hypoxic training applications in medicine and sports. Contribution of Russian science to these investigations is disclosed and literary data on the mechanisms of hypoxic adaptation and models and effectiveness of hypoxic training are summarized. The paper is concluded by discussion of hypoxic training potential in high-performance sports.

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Zenko, M.Y., Rybnikova, E.A. Hypoxic Adaptation and Training: Historic, Biomedical, and Sport Aspects. Hum Physiol 48, 833–837 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119722070106

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