Hypoxic conditioning in patients with exercise limiting conditions
First Claim
1. A method of treatment of a patient having a condition which limits exercise comprising exposing said patient to hypoxic conditions (hypoxic treatment), with intermittent normoxic-hypoxic conditions (IHT) or extended hypoxic conditions without intermittent normoxic conditions (EHT).
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Abstract
Patients having exercise limiting conditions and those at risk of developing such conditions are exposed to a regimen of hypoxic conditions that simulate various altitude conditions. The exposure is of a temporary nature, being from a few hours to most of a day or night in any one day and repeated on a personally worked out regimen of from a series of consecutive days to a regular number of “on” and “off” days, to a random number of days. An alternate regimen is such exposure for a few minutes at a time followed by normoxic rest period of a few minutes, with the cycle repeated multiple times over the course of a treatment session. The conditioning treatment strengthens the cardiac tissue and skeletal muscle and the results extend beyond the treatment periods whereby the patient'"'"'s condition is substantially improved.
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33 Claims
- 1. A method of treatment of a patient having a condition which limits exercise comprising exposing said patient to hypoxic conditions (hypoxic treatment), with intermittent normoxic-hypoxic conditions (IHT) or extended hypoxic conditions without intermittent normoxic conditions (EHT).
- 15. A method of preventing congestive heart failure in a patient at risk thereof comprising exposing said patient to hypoxic conditions (hypoxic treatment), with intermittent normoxic-hypoxic conditions (IHT) or extended hypoxic conditions without intermittent normoxic conditions (EHT).
- 16. A method of improving cardio-pulmonary function in a patient suffering from or at risk of congestive heart failure, ventricular failure, angina, systolic heart failure, or diastolic heart failure comprising exposing said patient to a regimen of hypoxic conditions (hypoxic treatment), with intermittent normoxic-hypoxic conditions (IHT) or extended hypoxic conditions without intermittent normoxic conditions (EHT).
- 24. A method of improving fitness in a patient having a condition which limits exercise capability comprising exposing said patient to a hypoxic conditions (hypoxic treatment), with intermittent normoxic-hypoxic conditions (IHT) or extended hypoxic conditions without intermittent normoxic conditions (EHT).
- 25. A method of improving skeletal muscle in a patient having a condition which limits exercise tolerance in said patient comprising exposing said patient to a hypoxic conditions (hypoxic treatment), with intermittent normoxic-hypoxic conditions (IHT) or extended hypoxic conditions without intermittent normoxic conditions (EHT).
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