Cardiovascular and metabolic responses to passive hypoxic conditioning in overweight and mildly obese individuals.

CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that passive hypoxic conditioning in obese individuals induces some positive cardiovascular and respiratory improvements despite no change in anthropometric data and even a reduction in heart rate variability during IH exposure.
PMID: 32609532 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology - June 30, 2020 Category: Physiology Authors: Chacaroun S, Borowik A, Doutreleau S, Belaidi E, Wuyam B, Tamisier R, Pépin JL, Flore P, Verges S Tags: Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol Source Type: research