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Respiratory parameters at varied altitudes in intermittent mining work [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Objectives: Workers in the mining industry in altitude are subjected to several risk factors, e.g., airborne silica and low barometric pressure. The aim of this study has been to assess the risks for this work category, evaluating single risk factors as ...
Bacaloni, Alessandro   +4 more
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Função ventilatória em mulheres praticantes de Hatha Ioga

open access: yesRevista Brasileira de Cineantropometria e Desempenho Humano, 2011
A Ioga é um sistema filosófico milenar originário da Índia, cujo objetivo principal é o desenvolvimento da união entre corpo e mente, através de exercícios, respiração e meditação, visando o bem-estar físico e mental.
Cristina Martins Coelho   +5 more
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Predictors of Fighting Ability Inferences Based on Faces

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2019
Facial perception plays a key role in various social interactions, including formidability assessments. People make relatively accurate inferences about men's physical strength, aggressiveness, and success in physical confrontations based on facial cues.
Vít Třebický   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

RESEARCH OF PHYSIOMETRIC INDICATORS OF FEMALE STUDENTS FROM TRAKIA UNIVERSITY [PDF]

open access: yesTrakia Journal of Sciences, 2020
Reliable data on physical fitness and determination of the functional state of the body reflect the level of physical capabilities and the level of development of motor skills.
P. Angelova, P. Petkov
doaj   +1 more source

THE VITAL CAPACITY IN A GROUP OF COLLEGE STUDENTS [PDF]

open access: yesArchives of Internal Medicine, 1922
The lessened vital capacity in intrathoracic diseases and the recommendation that vital capacity be used as a test of physical fitness have renewed interest in the question of normal standards for vital capacity. The vital capacity varies greatly even among healthy individuals, and some of the factors which accompany these variations are known.
N. R. Jackson, A. W. Hewlett
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A study of different predictors of successful weaning off mechanical ventilation in ventilated patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with acute respiratory failure

open access: yesEgyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020
Background A lot of indices can be used as predictors of weaning off mechanical ventilation, such as rapid shallow breathing index (RSBI), integrative weaning index (IWI), vital capacity (VC), maximal inspiratory pressure (MIP), and respiratory rate (RR).
Asmaa A El-Daim   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lung volumes identify an at-risk group in persons with prolonged secondhand tobacco smoke exposure but without overt airflow obstruction. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
IntroductionExposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with occult obstructive lung disease as evident by abnormal airflow indices representing small airway disease despite having preserved spirometry (normal forced expiratory volume in 1 s-to ...
Arjomandi, Mehrdad   +9 more
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Welding Fumes Exposure Decreases Forced Vital Capacity But Not Height Among Welders [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Welding fumes caused the decreasing of forced vital capacity (FVC). The study aimed to identify several factors related to FVC.Methods: The subject of this cross-sectional study consisted of welders in an automobile manufacture outskirt of ...
Basuki, B. (Bastaman)   +2 more
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Smoking exposure, loss of forced expiratory volume in one second and the risk of lung cancer among patients with malignant disease who present with cardiac or pulmonary symptoms: a cross-sectional study

open access: yesTobacco Induced Diseases, 2017
Introduction Smokers with airway obstruction are at a higher risk of lung cancer than smokers without airway obstruction. Inflammation plays a key role in lung carcinogenesis.
Siegfried Wieshammer, Jens Dreyhaupt
doaj   +1 more source

Yoga for Vital Capacity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Physical Education, Fitness and Sports, 2012
The purpose of this study was to ascertain the effect of yogic exercises and pranayam on the vital capacity adolescent school going boys. In total 60 numbers of school students (boys only) were taken as subjects and were divided equally (30 each) into two groups namely Experimental and Control groups.
Puspalata Rout, Sakti Ranjan Mishra
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