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Effect of heavy load carriage on respiratory mechanics and breathing pattern during graded exercise
DownloadFall 2010
The effect of heavy load carriage on pulmonary function at rest and on breathing pattern and lung volumes during graded exercise was studied. Fifteen males completed treadmill tests to measure VO2peak with and without a 25-kg pack. Subsequently, each subject completed short periods of treadmill...
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Fall 2014
The purpose of this experiment was to study breathing pattern, operational lung volume and respiratory muscle strength during 45 minutes of exercise with a heavy backpack (25 kg). Fifteen males completed randomly ordered graded exercise tests on a treadmill with (L) and without (U) a correctly...