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Hypoxia in aquatic sports

Author(s): Joshua T. Royal (Author), Igor B. Mekjavić (Supervisor), Adam McDonnell (Co-Supervisor), Jernej Kapus (Co-Supervisor)

Year: 2024

Type: Doctoral dissertation

The present thesis considers the premise that breath-holding in aquatic sports, primarily swimming, in order to enhance performance, can potentially cause adaptation to tissue hypoxia. To investigate this theory, a series of studies needed to be performed: I. Analysis of variability in individuals’ responses to hypoxia, to evaluate the range …