High-intensity interval training improves obstructive sleep apnoea

Three hours per week of vigorous physical activity is found to be associated with reduced odds of sleep-disordered breathing.To investigate whether 12 weeks of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) reduced the apnoea-hypopnea index (AHI) in obese subjects with moderate-to-severe obstructive sleep apnoea.In a prospective randomised controlled exercise study, 30 (body mass index 37±6 kg/m2, age 51±9 years) patients with sleep apnoea (AHI...