Intense exercise evokes a spleen contraction releasing red blood cells into blood circulation. The same mechanism is found following acute apnea, increasing [Hb] by 2 to 5%. The aim of this study was twofold: [1] to identify the optimal apnea modalities to acutely increase [Hb] and [2] use these modalities to examine whether pre-race apnea can improve a 3km time trial (TT).

Acute apnea does not improve 3-km cycling time trial performance

Colosio, Alessandro L;
2020-01-01

Abstract

Intense exercise evokes a spleen contraction releasing red blood cells into blood circulation. The same mechanism is found following acute apnea, increasing [Hb] by 2 to 5%. The aim of this study was twofold: [1] to identify the optimal apnea modalities to acutely increase [Hb] and [2] use these modalities to examine whether pre-race apnea can improve a 3km time trial (TT).
2020
breath-holding; spleen contraction; hemoglobin; oxygen uptake kinetics; performance
File in questo prodotto:
Non ci sono file associati a questo prodotto.

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11562/1013042
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 1
  • Scopus 7
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 7
social impact