Upper limb motor function at 5000 metres: Determinants of performance and residual sequelae

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 233-236

  Silber, Eli ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Hypoxia; Psychomotor testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MOUNTAINEERING; NEPAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 0033926537     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.69.2.233     Document Type: Article

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