Hyperbaric effects on heart rate in professional SCUBA divers in thermal water.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diving in SCUBA modality modifies human physiology in many ways. These modifications have been studied since Paul Bert in a seminal work. This area of research is very sensible to technological development. At now, it is possible to record heart rate (HR) continuously while diving. The study of HR changes in SCUBA diving at different depths in a constant temperature of thermal water is the objective of the present paper.

Methods

18 healthy subjects were enrolled and HR was recorded while SCUBA diving in thermal water at a constant temperature of 33.6^∘ C in the deepest Italian pool at Montegrotto (Padova, Italy). Three depths were investigated: -20, -30 and -40 meters. The HR has been recorded with a Galileo SOL diving computer. The dive was subdivided

SUBMITTER: Fattorini L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11471545 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature