Role of the ventilatory chemoreflex as respiratory adaptation mechanism in competitive level swimmers

Abstract

La presente tesis doctoral está basada en la publicación de 4 estudios que tienen como objetivo analizar el rol del quimiorreflejo periférico sobre el tiempo de apnea en atletas nadadores de nivel competitivo para lo cual se realizaron experimentos en población que va desde modelos animales, humanos físicamente activos y deportistas nadadores de nivel competitivo.

This doctoral thesis is based on the publication of 4 studies that aim to analyze the role of the peripheral chemoreflex on apnea time in competitive swimming athletes, for which experiments were carried out on a population ranging from animal models, physically active humans and competitive swimmers.