Arrhythmias observed during high-G training: Proposed training safety criterion

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 688-691

  Hanada, Ryuzo ^a,b   Hisada, Tetsuya ^a   Tsujimoto, Tetsuya ^a   Ohashi, Koichiro ^a  

^a Tachikawa AB   (Japan)

^b 3rd Division   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrhythmia; Centrifuge training; High +Gz

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIR FORCE; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; AVIATION; CENTRIFUGATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FLIGHT SAFETY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HIGH CENTRIFUGE TRAINING; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPAN AIR SELF DEFENSE FORCE; MALE; MOBITZ I ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; NON SUSTAINED HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PAROXYSMAL SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; SAFETY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT; TRAINING;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARRHYTHMIA; AVIATION; CENTRIFUGATION; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 3442886778     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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