Effects of interval hypoxic training to the cognitive, emotional and physiological indicators of students

Abstract

Currently, noninvasive medicine is used more widely due to its safety and naturalness. One of the promising tools of noninvasive medicine is the interval hypoxia training. This method has an extensive corrective effect on the human organism. In this article we present the results of study of the influence of hypoxic training on the cognitive, emotional and physiological functions. Before and after each of 14 sessions lasting one hour, students performed tests to determine the features of memory, level of anxiety and the lung capacity. The study involved 40 male students aged 19- 20 years. It was established that hypobaric adaptation is accompanied by positive changes in the indicators of cognitive, emotional and physiological functions. Indicators of memory capacity and lungs vital capacity increased whereas the levels of situational anxiety decreased. Thus the course of interval hypoxic training has a multifaceted positive effects. It is suggested that beneficial impact of hypobaric adaptation on psychological and physiological functions is explained by ricing and mobilization of organism’s reserve capacity