| Document ID (ISN) | 66477 |
| CIS number |
96-1017 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0095-6562 - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine |
| Year |
1996 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sowden L.M., Kindwall E.P., Francis T.J.R. |
| Title |
The distribution of limb pain in decompression sickness |
| Bibliographic information |
Jan. 1996, Vol.67, No.1, p.74-80. Illus. 74 ref. |
| Abstract |
A review of over 19,000 cases of limb pain in decompression sickness (DCS) revealed a predominance of upper limb involvement in bounce divers and in aviators; lower limbs were more commonly involved in compressed air workers and saturation divers. A hypothesis based on the counter current exchange of inert gas is put forward as a possible mechanism to explain this reported distribution of limb pain in DCS. The hypothesis is discussed in relation to bounce diving, saturation diving, compressed air workers, and decompression to altitude. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
decompression sickness; diving; work in pressurized atmosphere; symptoms |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cardiovascular system; aircraft pilots; saturation diving; aetiology |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | United Kingdom; USA |
| Subject(s) |
Medicine, hygiene and first aid
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Physical hazards
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Hyperbaric pressure
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