Postexercise peripheral oxygen saturation after completion of the 6-minute walk test predicts successfully reaching the summit of Aconcagua

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 309-317

  Lazio, Matthew P ^a,b   Van Roo, Jon D ^a,b   Pesce, Carlos ^c   Malik, Sanjeev ^a   Courtney, D Mark ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

6 minute walk test; Aconcagua; altitude sickness; hypoxia; mountaineering; sensitivity and specificity

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE DISEASE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; EVALUATION; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUNTAINEERING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VITAL SIGN; WALKING;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ARGENTINA; BLOOD PRESSURE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOUNTAINEERING; OXYGEN; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VITAL SIGNS; WALKING;

EID: 78650379049     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wem.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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