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Effectiveness of preacclimatization strategies for high-altitude exposure by Fulco, Charles S, Beidleman, Beth A, Muza, Stephen R

“…Acute mountain sickness (AMS) and large decrements in endurance exercise performance occur when unacclimatized individuals rapidly ascend to high altitudes…”
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Military applications of hypoxic training for high-altitude operations by Muza, Stephen R

“…Rapid deployment of unacclimatized soldiers to high mountainous environments causes debilitating effects on operational capabilities (physical work…”
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Effect of repeated normobaric hypoxia exposures during sleep on acute mountain sickness, exercise performance, and sleep during exposure to terrestrial altitude by Fulco, Charles S, Muza, Stephen R, Beidleman, Beth A, Demes, Robby, Staab, Janet E, Jones, Juli E, Cymerman, Allen

“…There is an expectation that repeated daily exposures to normobaric hypoxia (NH) will induce ventilatory acclimatization and lessen acute mountain sickness…”
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Acute mountain sickness and sleep disturbances differentially influence cognition and mood during rapid ascent to 3000 and 4050 m by Figueiredo, Peter S., Sils, Ingrid V., Staab, Janet E., Fulco, Charles S., Muza, Stephen R., Beidleman, Beth A.

“…The impact of acute mountain sickness (AMS) and sleep disturbances on mood and cognition at two altitudes relevant to the working and tourist population is…”
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Effect of hypohydration and altitude exposure on aerobic exercise performance and acute mountain sickness by CASTELLANI, John W, MUZA, Stephen R, CHEUVRONT, Samuel N, SILS, Ingrid V, FULCO, Charles S, KENEFICK, Robert W, BEIDLEMAN, Beth A, SAWKA, Michael N

“…Hypoxia often causes body water deficits (hypohydration, HYPO); however, the effects of HYPO on aerobic exercise performance and prevalence of acute mountain…”
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Impact of 2 days of staging at 2500–4300 m on sleep quality and quantity following subsequent exposure to 4300 m by Staab, Janet E., Muza, Stephen R., Fulco, Charles S., Andrew, Sean P., Beidleman, Beth A.

“…The impact of 2 days of staging at 2500–4300 m on sleep quality and quantity following subsequent exposure to 4300 m was determined. Forty‐eight unacclimatized…”
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The development of a novel therapeutic pathway for painful nocturnal erections by Pook, C., Tomita, K., Muza, R., Pollard, C., Sujenthiran, A., Steier, J., Yap, T.

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New metric of hypoxic dose predicts altitude acclimatization status following various ascent profiles by Beidleman, Beth A., Fulco, Charles S., Cymerman, Allen, Staab, Janet E., Buller, Mark J., Muza, Stephen R.

“…Medical personnel need practical guidelines on how to construct high altitude ascents to induce altitude acclimatization and avoid acute mountain sickness…”
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Wearable physiological sensors and real-time algorithms for detection of acute mountain sickness by Muza, Stephen R.

“…This is a minireview of potential wearable physiological sensors and algorithms (process and equations) for detection of acute mountain sickness (AMS). Given…”
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Cycling performance decrement is greater in hypobaric versus normobaric hypoxia by Beidleman, Beth A, Fulco, Charles S, Staab, Janet E, Andrew, Sean P, Muza, Stephen R

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether cycling time trial (TT) performance differs between hypobaric hypoxia (HH) and normobaric hypoxia (NH) at…”
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Utilizing the thermodynamic nanoparticle size effects for low temperature Pb-free solder by Koppes, John P., Grossklaus, Kevin A., Muza, Anthony R., Revur, R. Rao, Sengupta, Suvankar, Rae, Alan, Stach, Eric A., Handwerker, Carol A.

“…► In this study we developed prototype Sn nanoparticle Pb-free solder pastes. ► Particle size, melting temperature, coalescence, and volume loading were…”
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Effect of six days of staging on physiologic adjustments and acute mountain sickness during ascent to 4300 meters by Beidleman, Beth A, Fulco, Charles S, Muza, Stephen R, Rock, Paul B, Staab, Janet E, Forte, Vincent A, Brothers, Michael D, Cymerman, Allen

“…This study determined the effectiveness of 6 days (d) of staging at 2200 m on physiologic adjustments and acute mountain sickness (AMS) during rapid, high-risk…”
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Carbohydrate supplementation improves time-trial cycle performance during energy deficit at 4,300-m altitude by Fulco, C. S, Kambis, K. W, Friedlander, A. L, Rock, P. B, Muza, S. R, Cymerman, A

“…1 United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts; 2 The College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia; 3…”
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Fighting in Thin Air: Operational Wilderness Medicine in High Asia by Rodway, George W., Muza, Stephen R.

“…Objective The current conflict in Afghanistan is the first major military action in which the United States and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)…”
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Intermittent altitude exposures reduce acute mountain sickness at 4300 m by Beidleman, Beth A, Muza, Stephen R, Fulco, Charles S, Cymerman, Allen, Ditzler, Dan, Stulz, Dean, Staab, Janet E, Skrinar, Gary S, Lewis, Steven F, Sawka, Michael N

“…Acute mountain sickness (AMS) commonly occurs at altitudes exceeding 2000-2500 m and usually resolves after acclimatization induced by a few days of chronic…”
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Women at altitude: carbohydrate utilization during exercise at 4,300 m by Braun, Barry, Mawson, Jacinda T, Muza, Stephen R, Dominick, Shannon B, Brooks, George A, Horning, Michael A, Rock, Paul B, Moore, Lorna G, Mazzeo, Robert S, Ezeji-Okoye, Steven C, Butterfield, Gail E

“…1  Aging Study Unit, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Health Care System, and Division of Gerontology, Endocrinology, and…”
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Quantitative model of hematologic and plasma volume responses after ascent and acclimation to moderate to high altitudes by Beidleman, Beth A, Staab, Janet E, Muza, Stephen R, Sawka, Michael N

“…Despite decades of research, the magnitude and time course of hematologic and plasma volume (PV) changes following rapid ascent and acclimation to various…”
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Women at altitude: short-term exposure to hypoxia and/or α1-adrenergic blockade reduces insulin sensitivity by BRAUN, Barry, ROCK, Paul B, ZAMUDIO, Stacy, WOLFEL, Gene E, MAZZEO, Robert S, MUZA, Stephen R, FULCO, Charles S, MOORE, Lorna G, BUTTERFIELD, Gail E

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Three weeks of caloric restriction alters protein metabolism in normal-weight, young men by Friedlander, Anne L, Braun, Barry, Pollack, Margaret, MacDonald, Jay R, Fulco, Charles S, Muza, Steve R, Rock, Paul B, Henderson, Gregory C, Horning, Michael A, Brooks, George A, Hoffman, Andrew R, Cymerman, Allen

“…The effects of prolonged caloric restriction (CR) on protein kinetics in lean subjects has not been investigated previously. The purpose of this study was to…”
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Predictive Models of Acute Mountain Sickness after Rapid Ascent to Various Altitudes by BEIDLEMAN, Beth A, TIGHIOUART, Hocine, SCHMID, Christopher H, FULCO, Charles S, MUZA, Stephen R

“…Despite decades of research, no predictive models of acute mountain sickness (AMS) exist, which identify the time course of AMS severity and prevalence…”
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