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Dear Colleagues,

We are organizing a Special Issue on Environmental Physiology and Medicine in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that publishes articles and communications in the interdisciplinary area of environmental health sciences and public health. For detailed information about the journal, we refer you to https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph.

Our potential authors are the participants to our International Symposium on Environmental Physiology and Medicine, to be held in Padova on 2–4 December 2022 (https://simsi.it/comunicazioni-simsi/8443/), under the auspices of IJERPH and SIMSI (Italian Society of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine).

This international panel is part of the XXV SIMSI national meeting, and it will gather distinguished clinicians, physiologists, and young scientists to discuss up-to-date environmental physiology and hyperbaric medicine topics. For example, the conference will discuss issues related to extreme derangements in oxygen levels—from the hypoxia experienced by breath-hold divers to the therapeutic hyperoxia caused by hyperbaric oxygen treatments. Moreover, cutting-edge issues such as recent discoveries, the development of underwater telemonitoring of divers, or new research techniques developed by different groups (arterial blood gas analysis at depth, underwater chest ultrasound, and NIRS monitoring while diving) will be at the center of academic constructive discussions throughout the meeting.

This Special Issue aims to serve as a forum for proceedings to keep track of all the issues discussed during the meeting to diffuse new research techniques and identify research priorities among experts in the field. Further, the Special Issue will act as an accelerator to promote interdisciplinary studies between human and animal physiology, psychology, biomedical engineering, physics, emergency medicine, and critical care. The interconnection of scientific fields is necessary to increase our understanding of pathophysiological changes encountered by the human body exposed to hyperbaric hyperoxia or hypoxia and ensure the best management of patients.

Dr. Gerardo Bosco
Dr. Matteo Paganini
Dr. Nicolò Sella
Guest Editors

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Keywords

environmental physiology
hyperbaric oxygen treatment
hyperoxia
oxidative stress
diving physiology
hypoxia

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Research

15 pages, 1931 KiB

Open AccessArticle

Seasonal Oxy-Inflammation and Hydration Status in Non-Elite Freeskiing Racer: A Pilot Study by Non-Invasive Analytic Method

by Andrea Brizzolari, Gerardo Bosco, Alessandra Vezzoli, Cinzia Dellanoce, Alessandra Barassi, Matteo Paganini, Danilo Cialoni and Simona Mrakic-Sposta

Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(4), 3157; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20043157 - 10 Feb 2023

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Abstract

Freeskiing is performed in an extreme environment, with significant physical effort that can induce reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation and dehydration. This study aimed to investigate the evolution of the oxy-inflammation and hydration status during a freeskiing training season with non-invasive methods. Eight trained freeskiers were investigated during a season training: T0 (beginning), T1-T3 (training sessions), and T4 (after the end). Urine and saliva were collected at T0, before (A) and after (B) T1-T3, and at T4. ROS, total antioxidant capacity (TAC), interleukin-6 (IL-6), nitric oxide (NO) derivatives, neopterin, and electrolyte balance changes were investigated. We found significant increases in ROS generation (T1A-B +71%; T2A-B +65%; T3A-B +49%; p < 0.05–0.01) and IL-6 (T2A-B +112%; T3A-B +133%; p < 0.01). We did not observe significant variation of TAC and NOx after training sessions. Furthermore, ROS and IL-6 showed statistically significant differences between T0 and T4 (ROS +48%, IL-6 +86%; p < 0.05). Freeskiing induced an increase in ROS production, which can be contained by antioxidant defense activation, and in IL-6, as a consequence of physical activity and skeletal muscular contraction. We did not find deep changes in electrolytes balance, likely because all freeskiers were well-trained and very experienced. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue International Symposium on Environmental Physiology and Medicine)

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