Negative neurofunctional effects of frequency, depth and environment in recreational scuba diving: The Geneva "memory dive" study

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 108-114

  Slosman, D O ^a   De Ribaupierre, S ^a   Chicherio, C ^a,b   Ludwig, C ^a,b   Montandon, M L ^a   Allaoua, M ^a   Genton, L ^a   Pichard, C ^a   Grousset, A ^c   Mayer, E ^a   Annoni, J M ^a   De Ribaupierre, A ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital Font Pre   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; XENON 133;

ADULT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LAKE; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; SEA; SEA LEVEL; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SWITZERLAND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VELOCITY; WATER IMMERSION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLD; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 11144354709     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2002.003434     Document Type: Article

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