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Before (Pre) and after (Post) training, repeated-sprint ability (6\u2009\u00d7\u200910-s \u201call-out\u201d sprints and 20-s recovery) was evaluated on a cycle ergometer.\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:bold>Results<\/jats:bold>\n                      :\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    From Pre to Post, peak power output was improved in RSH (602 [98] vs 704 [92]\u00a0W;\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.007) but not in RSN (661 [91] vs 673 [76]\u00a0W;\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.560). Similarly, mean power output was enhanced in RSH (445 [63] vs 532 [51]\u00a0W;\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.013) but not in RSN (499 [88] vs 509 [63]\u00a0W;\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.557). Sprint decrement did not change in either RSH (24.5 [8.9] vs. 24.0% [5.7%];\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.819) or RSN (22.7 [5.9] vs 24.3% [4.8%];\n                    <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u2009=\u2009.336).\n                    <jats:italic>\n                      <jats:bold>Conclusion<\/jats:bold>\n                      :\n                    <\/jats:italic>\n                    As few as 5 sessions of RSH were beneficial for improving peak and mean power outputs during repeated-sprint exercise in female\u00a0national-level rugby union players compared with the same training in normoxia.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1123\/ijspp.2024-0545","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,9]],"date-time":"2025-09-09T19:04:05Z","timestamp":1757444645000},"page":"1609-1613","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effect of Repeated-Sprint Training in Hypoxia in Female National-Level Rugby Union Players"],"prefix":"10.1123","volume":"20","author":[{"given":"M\u00e9lanie","family":"Babalian","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"LIBM UR7424, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Team ATPA, Lyon, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0808-7986","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Franck","family":"Brocherie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Sport, Expertise and Performance (EA 7370), French Institute of Sport (INSEP), Paris, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Cyril","family":"Catala","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Gerland Sport Sant\u00e9, Eden Concept Gerland, Lyon, France"},{"name":"Medimex, Lyon, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Romain","family":"Loursac","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fifa Medical Center of Excellence, Centre Orthop\u00e9dique Santy, Lyon, France"},{"name":"Lyon Olympique Universitaire Rugby, Lyon, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0008-3213-4683","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Marie","family":"Chambion-Diaz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LIBM UR7424, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Team ATPA, Lyon, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8081-4423","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Gr\u00e9goire P.","family":"Millet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Sport Sciences, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2057-061X","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Vincent","family":"Pialoux","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"LIBM UR7424, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Team ATPA, Lyon, France"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"100","reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"r1","series-title":"Sports Med","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"741","DOI":"10.2165\/11590560-000000000-00000","article-title":"Repeated-sprint ability\u2014part II: recommendations for training","volume":"41","author":"Bishop D","year":"2011","unstructured":"Bishop D, Girard O, Mendez-Villanueva A. 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