The underwater environment: Cardiopulmonary, thermal, and energetic demands

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 276-283

  Pendergast, D R ^a,b   Lundgren, C E G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Energy cost; Exercise; Immersion; Pressure; Renal; Respiratory; Sex differences; Submersion

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ARTERIOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VOLUME; BRADYCARDIA; BREATH HOLDING; BREATHING MUSCLE; CARDIOPULMONARY HEMODYNAMICS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; COMPRESSION; DIVING; ELASTICITY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART OUTPUT; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PLASMA VOLUME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; THORAX WALL; TIME; TISSUE PERFUSION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VITAL CAPACITY; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DIVING; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; HUMANS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; KIDNEY; NITROGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 58649122697     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.90984.2008     Document Type: Review

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