Postural instability and acute mountain sickness during exposure to 24 hours of simulated altitude (4300 m)

High Altitude Medicine and Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-514

  Cymerman, Allen ^a   Muza, Stephen R ^a   Beidleman, Beth A ^a   Ditzler, Dan T ^a   Fulco, Charles S ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Altitude illness; Balance; Hypobaric hypoxia; Hypoxia; Posture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE TRACKING; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA LEVEL; SIMULATION; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035682868     PISSN: 15270297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/152702901753397072     Document Type: Article

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