Bubble Formation and Endothelial Function before and after 3 Months of Dive Training

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-19

  Pontier, Jean Michel ^a,b   Guerrero, François ^c   Castagna, Olivier ^d  

^a French Diving School   (France)

^b French Navy Diving School   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^d Naval Medical Institute   (France)

Author keywords

Bubble, diving acclimatization; Endothelial function

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; EXERCISE; FOREARM; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HYPERBARIC OXYGEN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; OXYGENATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; STRESS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FOREARM; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VASODILATION;

EID: 58149218152     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2347.2009     Document Type: Article

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