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Exercise in Hostile Environment

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Height climbers at high altitude, athletes performing above sea level, divers for recreation or military assignments, and astronauts acting in microgravity surrounding all are obligated to complete different missions in hostile environments. Studies investigating the effects of cold, at high altitude, water pressures while diving, and microgravity surrounding on body systems function indicate that they are often stalled by insignificant stressors such as isolation in the cold, depth when diving, and radiation in space (Walsh and Whitham, Sports Med, 36:941–76; 2006). Yet, the existing indications do not sustain the acceptance that as an example, cold exposure and exercise cause discomfort at high altitude. This chapter deals with all three hostile environments that humans are involved with.

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