The first perturbation was delivered at right heel strike and the order of perturbations was alternated. During the training session, participants were trained with 12 blocks of eight different AP and ML perturbations delivered at heel strike, as reported in [31]. Specifically, at the beginning ...
In the first, inspired gas mixtures were alternated between isocapnic normoxia and hypoxia (arterial partial pressure of oxygen, Pa,O2 = 47 mmHg) for ten cycles. Each hypoxic episode lasted 3 min and normoxic intervals were 5 min. Ventilatory variables were measured during the last minute of ...