by Tong Kwok-keung. / Year shown on spine: 1997 / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [99]-[104]) / Acknowledgements --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / List of Tables --- p.vii / List of Figures --- p.viii / List of Abbreviations --- p.ix / Introduction --- p.1 / Background of Study --- p.1 / Statement of the Problem --- p.3 / Significance of Study --- p.7 / Review of Literature --- p.9 / Ventilatory Muscle Capacity - a Limiting Factor of Exercise Performance --- p.9 / Rib Cage Loading as a Respiratory load --- p.11 / Methods of Rib Cage Loading --- p.13 / The Physical Changes in Respiratory System during Rib Cage Loading --- p.14 / The Physiological Changes in Cardiorespiratory System during Rib Cage Loading --- p.17 / Mechanisms for the Changes in Ventilatory Muscle Activity andin Respiratory Response during Rib Cage Loading --- p.20 / Effects of Rib Cage Loading on Exercise Performance --- p.23 / Summary of Review --- p.25 / Methodology --- p.28 / Statement of Hypotheses --- p.28 / Operational Definitions of Variables --- p.28 / Subjects --- p.31 / Procedures --- p.31 / Instrumentation --- p.33 / Methods of Measurement --- p.36 / Assumptions --- p.50 / Data Analysis --- p.51 / Results --- p.53 / "Physical Characteristics, Forced Spirometry and Maximal Aerobic Power of Subjects" --- p.53 / Effects of Rib Cage Compression on Subdivisions of Lung Volume and Total Respiratory Elastance --- p.53 / Effects of Rib Cage Compression on Exercise Endurance --- p.56 / Effects of Rib Cage Compression on Ventilatory Muscle Function during the cycle exercise --- p.60 / Effects of Rib Cage Compression on Respiratory Response at Rest and during Exercise --- p.63 / Effects of Rib Cage Compression on Oxygen Consumption and Gas Exchange at Rest and during Exercise --- p.69 / Effects of Rib Cage Compression on Heart Rate and Arterial Blood Pressure at Rest and during Exercise --- p.73 / Discussion --- p.79 / The Physical Changes in Respiratory System during Rib Cage Compression --- p.79 / Reduction in Cycle Exercise Endurance with Rib Cage Compression --- p.81 / Conclusion --- p.94 / Implications --- p.95 / Delimitations and Limitations --- p.96 / Suggestions --- p.97 / Bibliography / Appendix I Informed Consent / Appendix II Cycling Protocol for Incremental Exercise Test / Appendix III Cycling Protocol for Cycle Exercise Endurance Test / Appendix IV / Figure IV-I. The changes in volume-pressure tracings with and without rib cage compression during measurement of total respiratory elastance / Table IV-I. The subdivisions of lung volume of each subject with and without rib cage compression / Table IV-II. The cycle exercise duration of each subject with and without rib cage compression / Table IV-III. The static maximum inspiratory and expiratory pressures of each subject before and after exercise during both cycle exercise tests / Table IV-IV. & IV-V. The means of each parameter of respiratory response during both cycle exercise tests / "Table IV-VI. The means of end-tidal C02 tension, arterial oxygen content and oxygen consumption during both cycle exercise tests" / "Table IV-VII. The means of heart rate, and systolic and diastolic blood pressures during both cycle exercise tests"
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321978 |
| Date | January 1996 |
| Contributors | Tong, Kwok-keung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Education. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xi, 98, [24] leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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