Mailing List Archive

Mailing List: techdiver

Message Display

-
Are there any non-anecdotal studies that actually PROVE physical
fitness reduces susceptibility to DCI?

   You figure it out for yourself. -G



A # of years back X. Fructis studied DCS among Tunisian sponge diver.  

He found a correlation between DCI and cardiovascular fitness.(more 
fit, less DCI)
DCI did not correlate with obesity (as determined by skin fold)

The study did suffer from being retrospective and sample size included 
those that had taken multiple hits (if I recall correctly)

A perfunctionary look at body parameters & DCS does not appear to point 
to a possible relationship between same.  Again cardiovascular fitness 
is a different variable.

Conclusion - yes there is one retrospective study that at least 
absolves body fold excess from the list of DCS sensitizers.  I don't 
know if you have to be a fat Tunisian sponge diver to have same.

Happy holidays to all

Esat Atikkan

Navigate by Author: [Previous] [Next] [Author Search Index]
Navigate by Subject: [Previous] [Next] [Subject Search Index]

[Send Reply] [Send Message with New Topic]

[Search Selection] [Mailing List Home] [Home]