Ataxia at altitude measured on a wobble board

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 42-46

  Johnson, Brian G ^a   Simmons, John ^b   Wright, Alexander D ^c   Hillenbrand, Peter ^d   Beazley, Margaret F ^e   Sutton, Ian ^f   Imray, Christopher H E ^g  

^a BETSI CADWALADR UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^b Tools of Coventry   (United Kingdom)

^c MANOR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e Laurie Pike Health Centre ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f GARVAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^g WALSGRAVE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Altitude; Ataxia; Cerebral regional oxygenation; HACE; Wobble board

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; OXYGENATION; PULSE OXIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 15744372515     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/1080-6032(2005)16[42:AAAMOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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