ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2017
Effects of Altitude/Hypoxia on Single- and Multiple-Sprint Performance: A Comprehensive Review.
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95 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of hypoxic high-intensity interval training on cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and cardiometabolic outcomes in non-clinical populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis with an age-related evidence distribution assessment.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 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
- Aerobic Intermittent Hypoxic Training Is Not Beneficial for Maximal Oxygen Uptake and Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia Induced by Voluntary Hypoventilation at Low Lung Volume: A Meta-analysis.Sports medicine - open · 2025Pooled 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
- High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) in Hypoxia Improves Maximal Aerobic Capacity More Than HIIT in Normoxia: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Intermittent Hypoxia-Hyperoxia on Performance- and Health-Related Outcomes in Humans: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled 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 sprint interval training with voluntary hypoventilation on aerobic and anaerobic energy metabolism in young men.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Effects of 4-week continuous hypoxic training on skeletal muscle oxygenation using near-infrared spectroscopy and functional magnetic resonance imaging.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Trial
- Effects of taurine combined with caffeine on repetitive sprint exercise performance and cognition in a hypoxic environment.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Dose-response effects of caffeine during repeated cycling sprints in normobaric hypoxia to exhaustion.European journal of applied physiology · 2025Trial
- Effect of hypoxia and nitrate supplementation on different high-intensity interval-training sessions.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Trial
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- Alterations in acid-base balance and high-intensity exercise performance after short-term and long-term exposure to acute normobaric hypoxic conditions.Scientific reports · 2020Trial
- Acute performance and physiological responses to repeated-sprint exercise in a combined hot and hypoxic environment.Physiological reports · 2020Trial
- Effects of daily ingestion of sodium bicarbonate on acid-base status and anaerobic performance during an altitude sojourn at high altitude: a randomized controlled trial.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2020Trial
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- Separate and combined effects of local and systemic hypoxia in resistance exercise.European journal of applied physiology · 2019Trial
- 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
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Abstract
Many sport competitions, typically involving the completion of single- (e.g. track-and-field or track cycling events) and multiple-sprint exercises (e.g. team and racquet sports, cycling races), are staged at terrestrial altitudes ranging from 1000 to 2500 m. Our aim was to comprehensively review the current knowledge on the responses to either acute or chronic altitude exposure relevant to single and multiple sprints. Performance of a single sprint is generally not negatively affected by acute exposure to simulated altitude (i.e. normobaric hypoxia) because an enhanced anaerobic energy release compensates for the reduced aerobic adenosine triphosphate production. Conversely, the reduction in air density in terrestrial altitude (i.e. hypobaric hypoxia) leads to an improved sprinting performance when aerodynamic drag is a limiting factor. With the repetition of maximal efforts, however, repeated-sprint ability is more altered (i.e. with earlier and larger performance decrements) at high altitudes (>3000-3600 m or inspired fraction of oxygen <14.4-13.3%) compared with either normoxia or low-to-moderate altitudes (<3000 m or inspired fraction of oxygen >14.4%). Traditionally, altitude training camps involve chronic exposure to low-to-moderate terrestrial altitudes (<3000 m or inspired fraction of oxygen >14.4%) for inducing haematological adaptations. However, beneficial effects on sprint performance after such altitude interventions are still debated. Recently, innovative 'live low-train high' methods, in isolation or in combination with hypoxic residence, have emerged with the belief that up-regulated non-haematological peripheral adaptations may further improve performance of multiple sprints compared with similar normoxic interventions.
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