The reproducibility of tolerance to lower-body negative pressure and its quantification

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 462-468

  Howden, Reuben ^a   Tranfield, Philip A ^a   Lightfoot, J Timothy ^b   Brown, Stephen J ^a   Swaine, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cumulative stress index; Heart rate; LBNP tolerance index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL STRESS; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRESSURE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD VOLUME; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035017641     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004210100398     Document Type: Article

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