The effect of pulmonary hypoxia on exercise performance during a time trial :  Understanding physiological response to extreme environmental stressors

Air travel and high-altitude destinations are becoming increasinglypopular. Before the Covid pandemic, 1.2 million people visited Nepal, many of whom took part in trekking expeditions at high altitude where oxygen concentrations are very low. Exercise performance of a person is determined by oxygensupply tomuscles and vital organs and is therefore limited by hypoxicenvironments. Hence, the incidence of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) among such trekkerswas about 23.9%. So how did hypoxia influence the exercise performance of these trekkers? Exploring the literature,most studies investigated the effects of hypoxia among acclimatised athleteshowever there is very limited research in other populations.

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Publication date (Electronic preprint): 5 January 2023

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Nithil Kennedy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-0744

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DOI: 10.14293/S2199-1006.1.SOR-.PPDUC4T.v1

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[1] Ulrich Silvia, Schneider Simon R., Bloch Konrad E.. Effect of hypoxia and hyperoxia on exercise performance in healthy individuals and in patients with pulmonary hypertension: a systematic review. Journal of Applied Physiology. Vol. 123(6):1657–1670. 2017. American Physiological Society. [Cross Ref]

[2] Compendium of Tourism Statistics, Data 2014 – 2018, 2020 Edition. 2020. World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). [Cross Ref]

[3] Strickland Brian M., Kanaan Nicholas C.. Sources for Altitude Illness Information for Trekkers in the Himalayas. Wilderness & Environmental Medicine. Vol. 30(4):417–420. 2019. Elsevier BV. [Cross Ref]

[4] Rosenfeldt Anson B., Miller Koop Mandy, Penko Amanda L., Alberts Jay L.. Individuals With Parkinson Disease Are Adherent to a High-Intensity Community-Based Cycling Exercise Program. Journal of Neurologic Physical Therapy. Vol. 46(2):73–80. 2022. Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health). [Cross Ref]

The effect of pulmonary hypoxia on exercise performance during a time trial : Understanding physiological response to extreme environmental stressors