ReviewFrontiers in physiology2021
Going to Extremes of Lung Physiology-Deep Breath-Hold Diving.
Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Aquaticity as a Latent Dimension of Aquatic Performance: Conceptual Framework and Application to Breath-Hold Diving.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026Article
- Advances in breath-hold diving research: a state-of-the-art review.European journal of applied physiology · 2026Review
- Cognitive risk during underwater exposure: from environmental stressors to assessment and context-aware monitoring.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Respiratory anatomy and physiology in diving penguins.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Body Positions and Physical Activity Levels Modulate the Ratio of Abdominal to Thoracic Breathing and Respiratory Rate in Young Individuals.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Occurrence and resolution of freediving-induced pulmonary syndrome in breath-hold divers: an online survey of lung squeeze incidents.Diving and hyperbaric medicine · 2024Article
- Skill building in freediving as an example of embodied culture.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Breathing patterns and associated cardiovascular changes in intermittently breathing animals: (Partially) correcting a semantic quagmire.Experimental physiology · 2024Review
- Molecular Mechanisms of Neuroprotection after the Intermittent Exposures of Hypercapnic Hypoxia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Dopamine/BDNF loss underscores narcosis cognitive impairment in divers: a proof of concept in a dry condition.European journal of applied physiology · 2023Article
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Breath-hold diving involves environmental challenges, such as water immersion, hydrostatic pressure, and asphyxia, that put the respiratory system under stress. While training and inherent individual factors may increase tolerance to these challenges, the limits of human respiratory physiology will be reached quickly during deep breath-hold dives. Nonetheless, world records in deep breath-hold diving of more than 214 m of seawater have considerably exceeded predictions from human physiology. Investigations of elite breath-hold divers and their achievements revised our understanding of possible physiological adaptations in humans and revealed techniques such as glossopharyngeal breathing as being essential to achieve extremes in breath-hold diving performance. These techniques allow elite athletes to increase total lung capacity and minimize residual volume, thereby reducing thoracic squeeze. However, the inability of human lungs to collapse early during descent enables respiratory gas exchange to continue at greater depths, forcing nitrogen (N
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