Relationships of vital capacity and ventilatory measurements to physical fitness in patients with cardio-respiratory diseases.
1950
R A BRUCE, and
F W LOVEJOY, and
P N G YU, and
M McDOWELL
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MeSH Term
Description
Entries
D010809
Physical Fitness
The ability to carry out daily tasks and perform physical activities in a highly functional state, often as a result of physical conditioning.
Fitness, Physical
D012119
Respiration
The act of breathing with the LUNGS, consisting of INHALATION, or the taking into the lungs of the ambient air, and of EXHALATION, or the expelling of the modified air which contains more CARBON DIOXIDE than the air taken in (Blakiston's Gould Medical Dictionary, 4th ed.). This does not include tissue respiration (
Breathing
D006321
Heart
The hollow, muscular organ that maintains the circulation of the blood.
Hearts
D006801
Humans
Members of the species Homo sapiens.
Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013990
Tidal Volume
The volume of air inspired or expired during each normal, quiet respiratory cycle. Common abbreviations are TV or V with subscript T.
Tidal Volumes,Volume, Tidal,Volumes, Tidal
D014797
Vital Capacity
The volume of air that is exhaled by a maximal expiration following a maximal inspiration.
July 2019,
Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference,
R A BRUCE, and
F W LOVEJOY, and
P N G YU, and
M McDOWELL