Acute hematological, metabolic, and inflammatory responses to simulated-6000 ft masked versus unmasked high-intensity interval training in youth soccer players: a randomized crossover pilot study
Tevfik Akol, Ayşegül Yapici, Gülin Findikoğlu Ergin, Engin Güneş Atabaş · 2025
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Tevfik Akol and co-authors run a pilot test in 2025 on breathing masks worn during hard interval training by young soccer players. Such masks claim to mimic training at height, here set to mimic six thousand feet. What they do to blood and body stress in youth players was unclear.
Twelve male amateur players each ran the same hard session twice, once masked and once not, in random order. Heart rate and blood oxygen were tracked through the work. Blood drawn before and after gauged sugar, fats, stress hormones, and muscle harm marks. Both sessions raised heart rate and cut oxygen, the head reports. Pilot data like this help coaches judge whether mask claims rest on body facts or on effort alone.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Tevfik Akol, Ayşegül Yapici, Gülin Findikoğlu Ergin, Engin Güneş Atabaş |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 39 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |