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¹Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.

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Intermittent hypoxic exposure (IPC) can reduce pain during cold water immersion but does not improve 5km cycling performance. The pain modulation from IPC does not explain its ergogenic effects on exercise.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Exercise Physiology
Pain Perception
Sports Science

Background:

Intermittent hypoxic exposure (IPC) is a training method that may enhance exercise performance.
The relationship between IPC's effects on pain sensitivity and exercise performance is not fully understood.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if changes in cold pain sensitivity mediated by IPC correlate with changes in exercise performance.
To determine if altered pain perception explains the ergogenic effects of IPC.

Main Methods:

Thirteen participants completed cold-water immersion and 5-km cycling time trials with and without prior IPC.
Pearson correlation coefficients assessed the relationship between changes in pain sensitivity and performance.

Main Results:

IPC significantly reduced the time spent in pain during cold-water immersion.
No significant correlation was found between individual changes in pain sensitivity (time or intensity) and changes in cycling performance.
Pain intensity during cold-water immersion did not change with IPC.

Conclusions:

IPC effectively modulates pain sensitivity to a cold stimulus.
The ergogenic benefits of IPC on 5-km cycling performance are not explained by its effects on pain sensitivity.