Aerobic exercise 2 hours before a dive to 30 msw decreases bubble formation after decompression

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 7 I, 2005, Pages 666-669

  Blatteau, Jean Éric ^a   Gempp, Emmanuel ^b   Galland, Françis Michel ^c   Pontier, Jean Michel ^c   Sainty, Jean Marie ^d   Robinet, Claude ^c  

^a CEMPP   (France)

^b GPD Méditerranée ^*  (France)

^c IMNSSA   (France)

^d HÔPITAL SAINTE MARGUERITE   (France)

Author keywords

Decompression sickness; Diving; Gas nuclei; Heat shock protein; Nitric oxide

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITROGEN;

ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AIR; ARTICLE; BUBBLE FORMATION; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EXERCISE; GAS EMBOLISM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERBARISM; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VENOUS CIRCULATION;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NITRIC OXIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21644436129     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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