Flying induces something called “hypobaric hypoxia,” otherwise known as altitude sickness. This is because commercial jets are pressurized to between 6,000 to 8,000 feet of altitude.

It would have both hyperbaric and hypobaric chambers that could simulate the air pressure found deep under water or in space.

The Environmental Medicine and Physiology Unit (EMPU) is the only civilian hyperbaric and hypobaric facility in Canada available to academic, industrial and government researchers. The facility ...

Astronaut candidates also undergo extensive training in hypobaric and hyperbaric environments, and with periods of simulated weightlessness. Missions to the ISS can require an additional two or ...

It is to be remembered that most hypoxic delivery models at sea level utilise normobaric hypoxia, which may produce differing physiological responses than the hypobaric hypoxia that the athletes will ...

In order to simulate the physiological effects of altitude, the technical development of new devices that either decrease the pressure of the inspired air (hypobaric chamber) or reduce the ...

Background: Limited data are available comparing air travel with the hypoxia inhalation test (HIT) in passengers with COPD. The aim of this study was to assess the predictive capability of the HIT ...

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