Abstract
Advances in the field of medicine have led to the invention of a vast number of medical devices for various applications. In this study, we hypothesized that hyperbaric and hyperoxic therapy (HBOT) could be used as a training tool in ultra-high intensity exercise training. Our goal was to conduct basic research into the biologic response during acute hyperbaric and hyperoxic (HBO) exposure in order to validate a new training method under such conditions. To achieve this, we measured performance and non-respiratory time during normal and HBO conditions. Our results showed that non-respiratory time significantly increased under HBO conditions. However, acute HBO produced no notable changes in biologic indicators or effective factors such as anaerobic power and exercise due to performance. These results suggest that the increase in non-respiratory time under HBO conditions is perhaps due to peripheral chemoreceptors mediated inhibition of the respiratory reflex.
