Oxygen cost of breathing and breathlessness during exercise in nonobese women and men

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1043-1048

  Lorenzo, Santiago ^a   Babb, Tony G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

breathlessness during exertion; respiratory muscle work; shortness of breath during exercise; Work of breathing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSICAL EXERTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEX FACTORS; WORK OF BREATHING;

EID: 84861532317     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3182444c4b     Document Type: Article

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