title: Impact of Endurance Exercise in Hypoxia on Muscle Damage, Inflammatory and Performance Responses.
abstract: Sumi, D, Kojima, C, and Goto, K. Impact of endurance exercise in hypoxia on muscle damage, inflammatory and performance responses. J Strength Cond Res 32(4): 1053-1062, 2018-This study evaluated muscle damage and inflammatory and performance responses after high-intensity endurance exercise in moderate hypoxia among endurance athletes. Nine trained endurance athletes completed 2 different trials on different days: exercise under moderate hypoxia (H trial, FiO2 = 14.5%) and normoxia (N trial, FiO2 = 20.9%). They performed interval exercises (10 × 3-minute running at 95% of V[Combining Dot Above]O2max with 60-second of active rest at 60% of V[Combining Dot Above]O2max) followed by 30-minute of continuous running at 85% of V[Combining Dot Above]O2max under either hypoxic or normoxic conditions. Venous blood samples were collected 4 times: before exercise, 0, 60, and 120-minute after exercise. The time to exhaustion (TTE) during running at 90% of V[Combining Dot Above]O2max was also determined to evaluate endurance capacity 120-minute after the training session. The H trial induced a significantly greater exercise-induced elevation in the blood lactate concentration than did the N trial (p = 0.02), whereas the elevation in the exercise-induced myoglobin concentration (muscle damage marker) was significantly greater in the N trial than in the H trial (p = 0.005). There was no significant difference in plasma interleukin-6 (inflammatory marker) concentration between the H and N trials. The TTE was shorter in the N trial (613 ± 65 seconds) than in the H trial (783 ± 107 seconds, p = 0.02). In conclusion, among endurance athletes, endurance exercise under moderate hypoxic conditions did not facilitate an exercise-induced muscle damage response or cause a further reduction in the endurance capacity compared with equivalent exercise under normoxic conditions.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Sports and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Daichi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sumi
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Sports and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Chihiro
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Sports and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.|Faculty of Sports and Health Science, Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazushige
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D056352:Athletes; D015415:Biomarkers; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods; D000072696:High-Intensity Interval Training / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007249:Inflammation / Q000503:physiopathology; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D019344:Lactic Acid