The effect of hypoxic exercises using an altitude training mask on the strength and extensibility of the respiratory muscles to call for physical effort among young soccer players

Section: Physical Education and Sport Sciences

Abstract

The research aims to:


- Detection of the effect of hypoxic exercises using the altitude training mask on strength and endurance respiratory muscles during physical exertion in a sample of young soccer players.


In order to achieve the objectives of the research the researcher imposed the following


- There are no significant differences for the effect of hypoxic exercises using the altitude training mask on strength and endurance respiratory muscles during physical effort in a sample of young soccer players.


The researcher used the experimental approach due to its suitability to the nature of the research. The sample and the research community consisted of Qaraqosh Sports Club football players for ages (16-19) years, who numbered (16) players selecting the sample in an intentional way, and the sample was divided into two groups control and experimental with (8) players.


Hypoxia exercises and exercises were prepared for the experimental group. The implementation of the exercises took a period of (9) weeks, with four training units per week. These exercises were implemented during the specified period from 4/6/2022 to 4/8/2022. The data were treated statistically using the mean, standard deviation, torsion rate, q-value.


The researcher concluded the following:


1- The hypoxic training using the altitude training mask had a positive effect on strength and endurance respiratory muscles during the physical effort.


2- Hypoxic training using an altitude training mask had a greater positive effect


on strength and endurance respiratory muscles during physical exertion compared with training in the traditional way

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The effect of hypoxic exercises using an altitude training mask on the strength and extensibility of the respiratory muscles to call for physical effort among young soccer players. (2026). Al-Rafidain Journal For Sport Sciences, 29(90), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.33899/rjss.v29i90.62565
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The effect of hypoxic exercises using an altitude training mask on the strength and extensibility of the respiratory muscles to call for physical effort among young soccer players. (2026). Al-Rafidain Journal For Sport Sciences, 29(90), 30-43. https://doi.org/10.33899/rjss.v29i90.62565