| 1/14 |
Introduction; Course Overview, Website
structure and material [no readings]
What is
Environmental Physiology
[26:638-640, '97]
|
| 1/21 |
Martin Luther King Day -
HOLIDAY |
| 1/28 |
Review of Cardiopulmonary Physiology
ALTITUDE and HYPOXIA
Introduction to Hypoxia [12:306-338, '97] |
| 2/4 |
Laboratory Session 1: Experiencing Hypoxia |
| 2/11 |
Discussion of lab data
Exercise during Acute Hypoxia [26:642-649, '97]
|
| 2/18 |
Chronic Adaptations to Hypoxia
[26:649-653,
'97] |
| 2/25 |
Slide Show: The Western Himalayas and Ladak, India |
| 3/4 |
EXAM 1: Altitude and Hypoxia
EXERCISE AND THERMAL STRESS
a) Heat Stress
Understanding Heat Production during Exercise, [ 26:654-655,
'97] |
| 3/11 |
Spring Break HOLIDAY
|
| 3/18 |
Acute and Chronic Adaptations to Exercise in the Heat [26:656-662,
'97]
|
| 3/25 |
Graduate Program External
Review: Student Meeting |
| 4/1 |
Laboratory Session 2: Quantifying Heat
Production and Heat Loss During Exercise
|
| 4/8 |
Hydration |
| 4/15 |
b) Cold Stress
Cold Adaptation and Influence to Exercise Physiology
|
| outside
class time |
Exam 2: Exercise and Thermal
Stress |
| 4/22 |
EXERCISE DURING GRAVITATIONAL STRESS
a) Microgravity
The Stresses of Microgravity [readings]
Research models used to mimic microgravity [readings]
|
| 4/29 |
b) Tilt
testing for orthostatic tolerance (demonstration - no write-up!)
|
| 5/6 |
c) Positive G Forces
HYPERBARIA & POLLUTION |
|
Exam 3: Microgravity, Positive g-Forces, Hyperbaria
& Pollution
|
