The effects of caffeine on ventilation and pulmonary function during exercise: An often-overlooked response

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 97-103

  Chapman, Robert F ^a   Mickleborough, Timothy D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Exercise; Pulmonary function; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; PLACEBO;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATHLETE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; EXERCISE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PROPHYLAXIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 76149127367     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2009.12.1747     Document Type: Article

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