Pre-dive vibration effect on bubble formation after a 30-m dive requiring a decompression stop

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1044-1048

  Germonpré, Peter ^a   Pontier, Jean Michel ^b   Gempp, Emmanuel ^c   Blatteau, Jean Eric ^d   Deneweth, Stefaan ^e   Lafère, Pierre ^a   Marroni, Alessandro ^f   Balestra, Costantino ^e  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b French Navy Diving School   (France)

^c Ste Anne's Military Hospital   (France)

^d Institut de Recherche Biomédicale aux Armées   (France)

^e Haute Ecole Bruxelles Brabant   (Belgium)

^f DAN Europe Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubble formation; Decompression sickness prevention; Scuba diving; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VIBRATION;

ADULT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; EMBOLISM, AIR; HUMANS; MALE; VIBRATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649221615     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2588.2010     Document Type: Article

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