Mechanical links between locomotion and breathing: Can you breathe with your legs?

News in Physiological Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 273-278

  Lee, Hsueh Tze ^a   Banzett, Robert B ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 0031322181     PISSN: 08861714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physiologyonline.1997.12.6.273     Document Type: Article

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