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    Maximal pulmonary ventilation and lactate affect the anaerobic performance in young women exposed to hypobaric hypoxia
    (2023) Paez, Valeria; Rodriguez-Fernandez, Maria; Silva-Urra, Juan; Nunez-Espinosa, Cristian; Lang, Morin
    Background: Athletes, tourists, and mining workers from all over the world ascend daily to an altitude greater than 3.000 meters above sea level to perform different activities, all of which demand physical effort. A ventilation increase is the first mechanism once the chemoreceptors perceive hypoxia, and is key to maintaining blood oxygen levels during acute exposure to high altitudes and to buffering lactic acidosis during exercise. It has been observed that gender is a variable that can influence the ventilatory response. Still, the available literature is limited due to the few studies considering women as study subjects. The influence of gender on anaerobic performance and its effects under high altitudes (HA) environments have been poorly studied.