Postexercise syncope: Wingate syncope test and effective countermeasure

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 172-186

  Lacewell, Alisha N ^a   Buck, Tahisha M ^a   Romero, Steven A ^a   Halliwill, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN OXYGEN TENSION; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OSCILLOMETRY; PHOTOELECTRIC PLETHYSMOGRAPH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTEXERCISE SYNCOPE; PRESYNCOPE; SUPINE POSITION; SURVIVAL; TISSUE OXYGENATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; WINGATE SYNCOPE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; POSTURE; RESPIRATION; SYNCOPE; TILT-TABLE TEST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892432381     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2013.075333     Document Type: Article

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