ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2015
Hypoxic Conditioning as a New Therapeutic Modality.
Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 71 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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New Treatment Modalities in Obese Patients: High Intensity Interval Training and Hypoxic Conditioning
PLAsticity, Security and Tolerance to Intermittent Hypoxic Conditioning Following Stroke
Who cites it
71 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Effects of Intermittent Hypoxic Training Strategies on Maximal Oxygen Uptake in Healthy Humans: A Meta-analysis with Meta-regression.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia Protocols on Physical Performance in Trained and Untrained Individuals: An Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled it
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- Effects of Intermittent Normobaric Hypoxia on Health-Related Outcomes in Healthy Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2023Pooled it
- Cardiac consequences of intermittent hypoxia: a matter of dose? A systematic review and meta-analysis in rodents.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia on Performance- and Health-Related Outcomes in Humans: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- Can Hypoxic Conditioning Improve Bone Metabolism? A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Pooled it
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- Moderate intermittent hypoxic conditioning to enhance vascular function and cardiorespiratory fitness in the elderly: A randomized controlled trial.Physiological reports · 2025Trial
- Intermittent hypoxia training improves cerebral blood flow without cognitive impairment.Annals of clinical and translational neurology · 2025Trial
- Potential for using simulated altitude as a means of prehabilitation: a physiology study.Anaesthesia · 2023Trial
- Effects of continuous hypoxia on flow-mediated dilation in the cerebral and systemic circulation: on the regulatory significance of shear rate phenotype.The journal of physiological sciences : JPS · 2022Trial
- Hypoxic Pilates Intervention for Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Hypoxic training improves blood pressure, nitric oxide and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha in hypertensive patients.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Trial
- Oxidative stress and inflammatory profiles in obstructive sleep apnea: are short-term CPAP or aerobic exercise therapies effective?Sleep & breathing = Schlaf & Atmung · 2020Trial
- Dose-response relationship of intermittent normobaric hypoxia to stimulate erythropoietin in the context of health promotion in young and old people.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Trial
- Oxygenaging: A Physiological Framework for Geroscience.Aging cell · 2026Review
- Hypoxic Preconditioning: An Underestimated Endogenous Protective Strategy?Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Oxygen-dependent modulation of the human complement system during acute normobaric hypoxia: a translational plasma proteomics study.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
Preconditioning refers to a procedure by which a single noxious stimulus below the threshold of damage is applied to the tissue in order to increase resistance to the same or even different noxious stimuli given above the threshold of damage. Hypoxic preconditioning relies on complex and active defenses that organisms have developed to counter the adverse consequences of oxygen deprivation. The protection it confers against ischemic attack for instance as well as the underlying biological mechanisms have been extensively investigated in animal models. Based on these data, hypoxic conditioning (consisting in recurrent exposure to hypoxia) has been suggested a potential non-pharmacological therapeutic intervention to enhance some physiological functions in individuals in whom acute or chronic pathological events are anticipated or existing. In addition to healthy subjects, some benefits have been reported in patients with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases as well as in overweight and obese individuals. Hypoxic conditioning consisting in sessions of intermittent exposure to moderate hypoxia repeated over several weeks may induce hematological, vascular, metabolic, and neurological effects. This review addresses the existing evidence regarding the use of hypoxic conditioning as a potential therapeutic modality, and emphasizes on many remaining issues to clarify and future researches to be performed in the field.
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