Respiratory muscle strength may explain hypoxia-induced decrease in vital capacity

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 754-758

  Deboeck, Gaël ^a   Moraine, Jean Jacques ^a   Naeije, Robert ^a,b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hypoxia; Lung function; Respiratory muscles; Respiratory pressures; Sniff nasal inspiratory pressure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BREATHING MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOBARISM; HYPOXIA; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; VITAL CAPACITY;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY MUSCLES; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 18244366368     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/01.MSS.0000162687.18387.97     Document Type: Article

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