The hypoxic ventilatory response and hypoxic burden are predictors of the magnitude of ventilatory long-term facilitation in humans.

ABSTRACT: Mild intermittent hypoxia initiates progressive augmentation (PA) and ventilatory long-term facilitation (vLTF) in humans. The magnitude of these forms of plasticity might be influenced by anthropometric and physiological variables, as well as protocol elements. However, the impact of many of these variables on the magnitude of respiratory plasticity has not been established in humans. A meta-analysis was completed using anthropometric and physiological variables obtained from 124 participants that completed one of three intermittent hypoxia protocols. Simple correlations between the aggregate variables and the magnitude of PA and vLTF standardized to baseline was completed. Thereafter, the variables correlated to PA or vLTF were input into a multilinear regression equation. Baseline measu

SUBMITTER: Panza GS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11006398 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature