The effect of water immersion during exercise on cerebral blood flow

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 299-306

  Pugh, Christopher J A ^a   Sprung, Victoria S ^a,b   Ono, Kumiko ^c   Spence, Angela L ^a   Thijssen, Dick H J ^b,d   Carter, Howard H ^a   Green, Daniel J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cerebral Blood Flow; Exercise; Transcranial Doppler; Water Immersion

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; WATER;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARBON DIOXIDE; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMMERSION; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTERIOR CEREBRAL ARTERY; RESPIRATION; STROKE VOLUME; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922054011     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0000000000000422     Document Type: Article

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