Breath-hold time during cold water immersion: Effects of habituation with psychological training

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1029-1034

  Barwood, Martin J ^a   Datta, Avijit K ^a   Thelwell, Richard C ^a   Tipton, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drowning; Head out immersion; Psychological training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BREATH HOLDING; DROWNING; HABITUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESPIRATION CONTROL; WATER IMMERSION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COLD; DIVING; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 35848930390     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2100.2007     Document Type: Article

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