Trial reportBritish journal of sports medicine2013
Repeated sprint training in normobaric hypoxia.
Trial report in British journal of sports medicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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48 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A multilevel meta-analysis of the effects of repeated sprint training in hypoxia on athletic performance.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of Repeated-Sprint Training on Physical Fitness and Physiological Adaptation in Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- The Acute Demands of Repeated-Sprint Training on Physiological, Neuromuscular, Perceptual and Performance Outcomes in Team Sport Athletes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- The Effect of Natural or Simulated Altitude Training on High-Intensity Intermittent Running Performance in Team-Sport Athletes: A Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia on Sea-Level Performance: A Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2017Pooled it
- The effects of repeated-sprint training on field-based fitness measures: a meta-analysis of controlled and non-controlled trials.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2015Pooled it
- Application of 'live low-train high' for enhancing normoxic exercise performance in team sport athletes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2014Pooled it
- Effects of 5-Wk Repeated Sprint Training in Hypoxia on Global Inspiratory and Core Muscle Functions.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2024Trial
- Exercise Performance, Muscle Oxygen Extraction and Blood Cell Mitochondrial Respiration after Repeated-Sprint and Sprint Interval Training in Hypoxia: A Pilot Study.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2018Trial
- Inter-individual variability in performance benefits from repeated sprint training in hypoxia and associated training parameters.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Effects of BFR-RST on upper limb performance in boxers: a study based on physiological indices, anthropometric measurement indices, anaerobic power, and punching performance.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Effects of a Combined Method of Normobaric Hypoxia on the Repeated Sprint Ability Performance of a Nine-Time World Champion Triathlete: A Case Report.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Three sessions of repeated sprint training in normobaric hypoxia improves sprinting performance.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Repeated-sprint training in hypoxia boosts up team-sport-specific repeated-sprint ability: 2-week vs 5-week training regimen.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
- Short-term repeated sprint training in hypoxia improves explosive power production capacity and repeated sprint ability in Japanese international-level male fencers: A case study.Physiological reports · 2023Article
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- Repeated sprint training under hypoxia improves aerobic performance and repeated sprint ability by enhancing muscle deoxygenation and markers of angiogenesis in rugby sevens.European journal of applied physiology · 2022Article
- Acute Physiological Response to Different Sprint Training Protocols in Normobaric Hypoxia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Maximizing anaerobic performance with repeated-sprint training in hypoxia: In search of an optimal altitude based on pulse oxygen saturation monitoring.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Repeated sprint ability (RSA) is a critical success factor for intermittent sport performance. Repeated sprint training has been shown to improve RSA, we hypothesised that hypoxia would augment these training adaptations. Thirty male well-trained academy rugby union and rugby league players (18.4 ± 1.5 years, 1.83 ± 0.07 m, 88.1 ± 8.9 kg) participated in this single-blind repeated sprint training study. Participants completed 12 sessions of repeated sprint training (10 × 6 s, 30 s recovery) over 4 weeks in either hypoxia (13% FiO₂) or normoxia (21% FiO₂). Pretraining and post-training, participants completed sports specific endurance and sprint field tests and a 10 × 6 s RSA test on a non-motorised treadmill while measuring speed, heart rate, capillary blood lactate, muscle and cerebral deoxygenation and respiratory measures. Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 test performance improved after RS training in both groups, but gains were significantly greater in the hypoxic (33 ± 12%) than the normoxic group (14 ± 10%, p<0.05). During the 10 × 6 s RS test there was a tendency for greater increases in oxygen consumption in the hypoxic group (hypoxic 6.9 ± 9%, normoxic (-0.3 ± 8.8%, p=0.06) and reductions in cerebral deoxygenation (% changes for both groups, p=0.09) after hypoxic than normoxic training. Twelve RS training sessions in hypoxia resulted in twofold greater improvements in capacity to perform repeated aerobic high intensity workout than an equivalent normoxic training. Performance gains are evident in the short term (4 weeks), a period similar to a preseason training block.
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