Impact of pregnancy and obesity on cardiorespiratory responses during weight-bearing exercise

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-347

  Davenport, Margie H ^a   Steinback, Craig D ^a   Mottola, Michelle F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular; Obesity; Pregnancy; Treadmill exercise; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; METABOLIC RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WEIGHT BEARING; WORK CAPACITY;

ADULT; ANAEROBIC THRESHOLD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 66149175392     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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