Beneficial role of exercise on scuba diving

Exercising before, during, or after diving is proscribed because of the assumption that it would increase incidence of decompression sickness. Our findings show that exercise performed in a timely fashion before diving or during decompression will reduce the number of venous gas bubbles formed. Exer...

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Published inExercise and sport sciences reviews Vol. 36; no. 1; p. 38
Main Authors Dujic, Zelijko, Valic, Zoran, Brubakk, Alf O
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.2008
Subjects
Decompression Sickness - physiopathology
Decompression Sickness - prevention & control
Diving - physiology
Echocardiography
Exercise
Humans
Nitric Oxide - blood
Norway
Physical Exertion - physiology
Norway
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Summary:Exercising before, during, or after diving is proscribed because of the assumption that it would increase incidence of decompression sickness. Our findings show that exercise performed in a timely fashion before diving or during decompression will reduce the number of venous gas bubbles formed. Exercise after diving did not increase the number of bubbles. Nitric oxide seems to play a protective role.
ISSN:0091-6331
1538-3008
DOI:10.1097/jes.0b013e31815ddb02