Effect of Exercise on Bubble Activity during Diving

Abstract

Exercise is intrinsic to military and commercial diving, and exercise may either increase or decrease the risk of decompression sickness (DCS) after diving. Vann and Thalmann (1) explained the relation between exercise, diving, and the risk of DCS using the parameters of: exercise intensity, exercise duration and the phase of diving during which exercise is performed. Before diving, intense, vigorous or ballistic exercise which induces muscular soreness may also create microscopic intramuscular gas nuclei which increase the risk of DCS. During diving, the increased metabolic rate of exercise can enhance the rate of inert gas absorption, rapidly causing tissue supersaturation and subsequently increasing the risk of DCS (2-4).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP011088

Entities

People

  • L. W. Jankowski
  • P. Tikuisis
  • R. Y. Nishi

Organizations

  • Defence Research and Development Canada

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Bubbles
  • Chambers
  • Compressed Air
  • Data Acquisition
  • Decompression
  • Decompression Sickness
  • Detectors
  • Elimination
  • Gases
  • Heart Rate
  • Hyperbaric Chambers
  • Hyperbaric Conditions
  • Monitoring
  • Observation
  • Research Facilities
  • Veins

Readers

  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Underwater engineering and Marine Technology.