NCT00886912

Training in Hypoxia to Prevent Acute Mountain Sickness

Prevention of Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) by Intermittent Hypoxic Training

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Heidelberg University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Some studies suggest that high-altitude related illnesses - like acute mountain sickness - could be prevented by acclimatisation, reached at low altitude using training in simulated altitude. The purpose of this study is to determine whether training in hypoxia is suitable to prevent acute mountain sickness.

Detailed description

In a three week-period, healthy probands undergo 3 times a week a bicycle ergometer training in simulated altitude followed by 1 week passive exposure at simulated low altitude. 5 days after last exposure, a field study starts performing a rapid ascent to the Capanna Regina Margherita (4559m). Acute mountain sickness is assessed by established scoring systems.

Conditions

• Acute Mountain Sickness
• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	hypoxia	training in simulated altitude in a hypoxic chamber (normobaric hypoxia)
OTHER	normoxia	training under normoxic conditions

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-06-01
• Primary completion: 2008-08-01
• Completion: 2009-10-01
• First posted: 2009-04-23
• Last updated: 2010-06-25

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany