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Respiratory System Illness and Hypoxia

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Exposure to hypobaric hypoxia results in a reduction of the passage of O2 from the alveoli to the blood, reducing the amount of circulating oxygen and requires physical adaptations and physiological changes in every people.

The duration and degree of hypoxic exposure are critical to the metabolic response of skeletal muscle, with the response to acute hypoxia during exercise. Many changes in the pathways of oxygen delivery have been characterized in hypoxic humans at real or simulated altitude. In contrast, relatively little is understood about changes in tissue oxygen utilization in humans at altitude.

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  1. Italian Winter Sports Federation, Milano, Italy

    Manuela Bartesaghi

  2. Ambulatory of Clinic Physiology and Sport, University of Medicine Milan-Bicocca, Via Cadore 48, 20900, Monza, Italy

    Manuela Bartesaghi & Giuseppe Miserocchi

  3. Ambulatory of Sport Medicine, Pentavis, Via Carlo Cattaneo 69, Lecco, Italy

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Bartesaghi, M., Miserocchi, G. (2018). Respiratory System Illness and Hypoxia. In: Schoenhuber, H., Panzeri, A., Porcelli, S. (eds) Alpine Skiing Injuries. Sports and Traumatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61355-0_12

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