Nobukazu Kasai is Graduate Student in Sport and Health Science of Ritsumeikan University, and his research manuscript was accepted in International Journal of Sports Medicine, which collaborated with Professor Kazushige Goto. The study shows significant improvement of power output during maximal sprint test following short-term (5 days) sprint training in hypoxia among competitive sprint runners. The present findings suggest that short-term sprint training in hypoxia causes further improvement of sprint performance among competitive sprint runners.

Nobukazu Kasai, Chihiro Kojima, Daichi Sumi, Hideyuki Takahashi, Kazushige Goto, Yasuhiro Suzuki. Impact of 5 Days of Sprint Training in Hypoxia on Performance and Muscle Energy Substances. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 2017 (In press)