Loss of motor control and/or loss of consciousness during breath-hold competitions

International Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-299

  Lindholm, Peter ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apnea; Diving; Drowning; Hypoxemia; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BREATH HOLDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVING; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; SPORTING EVENT; SWIMMING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ANOXIA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 34247390989     PISSN: 01724622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-924361     Document Type: Article

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