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Evidence · VST Research Series · September 2026

One programme. Every record traceable.

The corpus is presented by type, publication status, design and population. A repository DOI is not described as peer review, and a submitted manuscript is not described as accepted.

22corpus records
20DOIs explicitly listed
16published or submitted studies
1manuscript in preparation
START HERE · REFERENCE 00
The architecture behind the evidence.Every study below tests, extends or operationalises part of this framework.

INTEGRATED MONOGRAPH · ENGLISH EDITION · ZENODO · CC-BY 4.0

Ventilatory Strategies Training — Integrated Monograph

The full conceptual, physiological, diagnostic and operational formalisation of VST. It connects the scientific rationale to the measurements, decision rules and field-transfer process used with elite endurance athletes.

12years exercise physiology
6years ventilatory specialisation
8integrated chapters
5operational appendix blocks
Read the English monograph↗
01

Empirical studies & applied methods

Longitudinal cohorts, individual observations, acute strategies, device validation and the field operating procedure.

STUDY 16PREPRINT · ZENODO · VERSION 1

Tidal volume and ventilatory frequency during matched stages above the estimated VT2, before and after a Ventilatory Strategies Training programme: a longitudinal case report

Ricci C

n=1 international-level U23 road cyclist · 4.5-month longitudinal follow-up

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22830862 ↗
STUDY 01ZENODO DEPOSIT · MANUSCRIPT UNDER REVIEW (EJAP)

Effects of Respiratory Muscle Training and Ventilatory Strategies on the Performance of Professional Cyclists

Ricci C, Bouverot Z

48 weeks

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.16645438 ↗
STUDY 03PREPRINT · SPORTRXIV · VERSION 1

Effects of Nasal versus Oral Breathing on Ventilatory Efficiency at the First Ventilatory Threshold in Elite Endurance Athletes

n=13 elite male cyclists + 2 female cyclists (exploratory)

DOI 10.51224/SportRxiv.740 ↗
STUDY 09SUBMITTED · JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND CYCLING

Effects of the VST Protocol on VO₂ Kinetics during Repeated Supra-maximal Efforts

n=6 UCI WorldTour cyclists · Ricci & Bouverot

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19640788 ↗
STUDY 11SUBMITTED · JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND CYCLING

Ventilatory Pattern Restructuring in Professional Cyclists

n=3 · 1 WorldTour + 2 ProTeam

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19638550 ↗
STUDY 13PUBLISHED · ZENODO

VST Longitudinal Protocol — 24-month Consolidated Outcomes

n=10 UCI WorldTour cyclists · 24 months

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19652359 ↗
STUDY 15PUBLISHED · ZENODO

Ventilatory Pattern Restructuration Outside the WorldTour Cohort

n=2 · triathlete + elite amateur cyclist

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19676215 ↗
AMR 01PUBLISHED · APPLIED METHODS REPORT

Monitoring, Analysing and Prescribing the Ventilatory Pattern during Exercise

n=3 professional cyclists · bilingual EN/FR

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21486711 ↗
02

Conceptual & diagnostic framework

Narrative review, position papers and the pedagogical synthesis of the proprietary diagnostic indices.

EDUCATIONAL ARTICLE 01PUBLISHED · BILINGUAL FR/EN

Functional Ventilatory Profiling for Dynamic Reading — Four HNS Proprietary Indices

DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20132550 ↗
03

Submitted & in preparation

Items remain labelled by their actual status. Missing DOI information is stated rather than inferred.

STUDY 01SSUBMITTED · EJAP · MARCH 2026

VST Integrated Longitudinal Analysis — Outcomes, Mechanisms & Replication

n=10 WorldTour cyclists + replication n=11

No DOI is stated for this manuscript in the July 2026 synthesis.

STUDY 10MANUSCRIPT IN PREPARATION

FeO₂ Pre-fatigue Index — Proof of Concept

WorldTour cyclist · longitudinal field sessions

Concept under preparation; no publication or peer-review status is claimed.

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