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Sex-Specific Effects of Respiratory Muscle Endurance Training on Cycling Time Trial Performance in Normoxia and Hypoxia
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Objectives: We tested the hypotheses that respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) improves endurance cycling performance differently in women and men and more so in hypoxia than in normoxia. Design: A prospective pre–post cross-over study with two testing conditions. Methods: Healthy and active women (seven, 24 ± 4 years, mean ± standard deviation [SD]) and men (seven, 27 ± 5 years) performed incremental cycling to determine maximum oxygen consumption (VO 2peak) and power output (W peak) and on different days two 10-km cycling time trials (TTs) in normoxia and normobaric hypoxia (FiO 2, 0.135, ~3,500 m equivalent), in a balanced randomized order. Next they performed supervised RMET in normoxia (4 weeks, 5 days/week, 30 min/day eucapnic hyperpnea at ~60% predicted maximum voluntary ventilation) followed by identical post-tests. During TTs, heart rate, ear oximetry reading, and W peak were recorded. Results: The VO 2peak and W peak values were unchanged after RMET. The TT was improved by 7 ± 6% (p < 0.001) in normoxia and 16 ± 6% (p < 0.001) in hypoxia. The difference between normoxic and hypoxic TT was smaller after RMET as compared with that before RMET (14% vs. 21%, respectively, p < 0.001). All effects were greater in women (p < 0.001). The RMET did not change the heart rate or ear oximetry reading during TTs. Conclusion: We found a greater effect of RMET on cycling TT performance in women than in men, an effect more pronounced in hypoxia. These findings are congruent with the contention of a more pronounced performance-limiting role of the respiratory system during endurance exercise in hypoxia compared with normoxia and more so in women whose respiratory system is undersized compared with that of men.
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In a pre–post cross-over pilot, 4 weeks of supervised respiratory muscle endurance training (RMET) improved 10-km cycling time-trial performance in healthy active adults, with larger gains in hypoxia than normoxia and larger gains in women than men. VO2peak and Wpeak were unchanged.
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- RMET improved 10-km cycling TT performance by 7 ± 6% in normoxia and 16 ± 6% in hypoxia (both p < 0.001); the normoxic–hypoxic TT difference was smaller after RMET than before (14% vs. 21%, p < 0.001).
- Effects of RMET on TT performance were greater in women than in men (pre–post: p < 0.001; normoxia–hypoxia: p < 0.001).
- VO2peak and Wpeak did not change after RMET (VO2peak p = 0.115; Wpeak p = 0.959), and peak HR was unchanged.
- RMET did not change mean or final HR or ear oximetry during TTs; women had higher average hypoxic SpO2 than men (pre-RMET 85 ± 2 vs. 81 ± 3%; post-RMET 85 ± 4 vs. 80 ± 2%, p < 0.001), with no RMET effect per se.
Methods
- Prospective pre–post cross-over study with two testing conditions; 14 healthy recreationally active participants (7 women, 24 ± 4 years, 80 ± 30 min exercise/week; 7 men, 27 ± 5 years, 154 ± 47 min exercise/week).
- Participants performed incremental cycling to determine VO2peak and Wpeak, then two 10-km cycling TTs in normoxia and normobaric hypoxia (FiO2 0.135, ~3,500 m equivalent) in balanced randomized order; after 4 weeks of supervised RMET in normoxia (5 days/week, 30 min/day eucapnic hyperpnea at ~60% predicted maximum voluntary ventilation), they repeated identical post-tests.
- Analysis used repeated-measures ANOVA for TT performance with factors woman/man and normoxia/hypoxia; ANOVA or mixed-effects modeling for other analyses; Sidak post hoc; significance set at p < 0.05.
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- Stated: no sham/placebo arm, so placebo/nocebo or training effects cannot be fully excluded; authors note meta-analytic evidence that sham presence did not alter RMT effects and that unchanged VO2peak supports this.
- Stated: the study did not quantify respiratory muscle force/endurance, respiratory data during TTs, locomotor or respiratory muscle fatigue, metaboreflex/cardiovascular changes, or mechanistic explanations; sample size was small and needs replication; men were somewhat more physically active/better trained than women; no TT familiarization sessions; and the 10-km TT duration was longer in hypoxia than normoxia.
- Evident: very small sex-specific subgroups (7 women; 6 men with post-RMET CPET data because one measurement was lost) limit precision and generalizability, and baseline activity/VO2peak differences between sexes may confound the sex-specific findings.
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“Women had higher average saturations during TTs in hypoxia than men (women pre-RMET, 85 ± 2, and post-RMET, 85 ± 4%; men pre-RMET, 81 ± 3, and post-RMET, 80 ± 2%, p < 0.001, no effect of RMET per se).”
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“The difference between normoxic and hypoxic TT was smaller after RMET as compared with that before RMET (14% vs. 21%, respectively, p < 0.001).”
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“The difference between normoxic and hypoxic TT was smaller after RMET as compared with that before RMET (14% vs. 21%, respectively, p < 0.001).”
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“All effects were greater in women (p < 0.001).”
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“The effects of RMET on TT performance were greater in women (pre–post: p < 0.001; normoxia–hypoxia: p < 0.001).”
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“We found a greater effect of RMET on cycling TT performance in women than in men, an effect more pronounced in hypoxia.”
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“The TT was improved by 7 ± 6% (p < 0.001) in normoxia and 16 ± 6% (p < 0.001) in hypoxia.”
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“RMET significantly improved the TT performance more in hypoxia (by 16 ± 6%, p < 0.001) than in normoxia (by 7 ± 6%, P < 0.001)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Chambault, J., Grand, G., & Kayser, B.
- Affiliations
- University of Lausanne (CH)
- Corresponding author
- Kayser, Bengt
- ORCID
- Kayser, Bengt
- Venue
- Frontiers in Physiology
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Published
- 2021-08-06
- Volume
- 12
- Pages
- 700620-700620
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- 1664-042X (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC8378271
- OpenAlex
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- 12
- References
- 41
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- Funders
- Reuter Foundation
- Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › High Altitude and Hypoxia
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Orthopedics and Sports Medicine › Sports Performance and Training
- Keywords
- respiratory muscle endurance training, cycling time trial performance, sex differences, hypoxia, normobaric hypoxia, endurance cycling, VO2max, ventilatory capacity, women
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