Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1063-1069 , July 2009

Altered ventilatory responses to exercise testing in young adult men with obstructive sleep apnea

  • Trent A. Hargens

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Health and Exercise Science, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
    • Human Performance Laboratory, Clinical Exercise Physiology Program, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, USA
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  • Stephen G. Guill

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Health and Exercise Science, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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  • Adrian Aron

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Health and Exercise Science, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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  • Donald Zedalis

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Network of Southwest Virginia, Christiansburg, VA, USA
    • Edward Via Virginia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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  • John M. Gregg

      Affiliations

    • Sleep Disorders Network of Southwest Virginia, Christiansburg, VA, USA
    • Health Research Group, LLC, Blacksburg, VA, USA
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  • Sharon M. Nickols-Richardson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
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  • William G. Herbert

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Health and Exercise Science, Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
    • Health Research Group, LLC, Blacksburg, VA, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Human Nutrition, Foods & Exercise, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 213 War Memorial Hall (0531), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. Tel.: +1 540 231 6565; fax: +1 540 231 8476.

Received 3 June 2008 ,Accepted 14 January 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2009.01.010

Respiratory Medicine
Volume 103, Issue 7 , Pages 1063-1069 , July 2009

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