Ventilation-limited exercise capacity in a 59-year-old athlete

Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 181-184

  Burtscher, M ^a   Schocke, M ^b   Koch, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction; Exercise; Limitation; Training; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ALTITUDE; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CARDIOPULMONARY EXERCISE TEST; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DYSPNEA; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; HYPERINFLATION; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; TIDAL VOLUME;

ATHLETES; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATION; SPIROMETRY; THORACIC WALL; TIDAL VOLUME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78650173209     PISSN: 15699048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resp.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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