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Nobel Prize for Hypoxia
In the 1980s, scientists in the former USSR used “artificial” hypoxia to prepare their pilots and astronauts for their missions. This led to the creation of a new form of training and therapy – IHT training (interval hypoxia training).
IHT was used successfully there in both competitive sports and medicine. However, in the western world this was still viewed very critically. Prof. Dr. Martin Burtscher was one of the first scientists at a western European university to work intensively on hypoxia research and to publish studies in the fields of cardiology, pulmonology and sports medicine. As an equipment supplier and supporter of numerous universities and research institutions, we have made a significant contribution to the rapid increase in the number of publications.
As early as 2006, long before other companies did so, we presented our concept at medical congresses together with our then scientific director, Prof. Dr. Hermann Buhl*, and did not always receive positive feedback, but that did not stop us from continuing to work on our idea.
In 2008, we conducted a joint project with Charité in Berlin in our former training institute in Cologne conducted studies in the field of metabolic syndrome. Further studies with the DSHS in Cologne and the universities in Magdeburg, Heidelberg and others followed. We then created evaluated training concepts for a wide variety of target groups, which are still being successfully implemented today.
The awarding of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Medicine for research into the effects of hypoxia on the human organism confirms our approach.
With our I(H)HT training concept you get a non-invasive training method that can work on the mitochondrial, vegetative and endothelial levels.
*Prof. Dr. Hermann Buhl was research director of the FKS and also head of the East German High Altitude Medical Center in Kienbaum. In this role, he had already researched many of the now confirmed effects of hypoxia training on our organism in the 1980s. Using many biopsies, he was able to prove the strong influence of hypoxia on the mitochondria. Even after his time in competitive sport, altitude training never left him alone and together with us he developed new hypoxia training concepts for patients. “He was very inspiring for me and his deep insights into the cell and our long – often very philosophical – conversations have always encouraged me to further develop the topic of hypoxia training,” Harry Mutschler, CEO of Höhenbalance GmbH.
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Check out our video to get an exciting insight into the different types of altitude training and to find out which method suits you!