Any of you study the physiology of skydiving?

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Any of you know of anyone in the US studying the physiology of skydiving? For example, I read a while back of someone using a heart rate monitor to log heartbeat on a skydive. Did this person have a medical background? (BTW, I know of Patrick Weldon's work.) Someone has asked me for references on this kind of research and some people that might be doing it.

[darrenspooner 0]

Drop Brian Germain a line or read his book. I think he's done a lot of work on this

[howardwhite 6]

A Google Scholar search lists a buncho studies, some physiology, still more psychology:
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=skydiving+physiology&l=en&lr=&btnG=Search
Some of the stuff is free, but a lot more requires purchase (or access through a library system (like a University system.)

HW

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There were some articles in Parachutist in the early 70's. I'll look them up when I get home.

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Harry

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[matthewcline 0]

OSU is doing another one right now. It is part of the annual OSU project at startskydiving.com.

120~ students last weekend and they either had the heart rate monitor with GPS or had questions to answer as part of it. Part two is next weekend the 17th and 18th with a few more students 130~.

You can probably get the DZ to let you know who to contact for the info.

It was cool seeing the spikes for the students, next weekend I think I will wear one too just to see how my students and I do.

I am even willing to bet my heart rate would be higher than them on average.

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So, start being safe, first!!!

[howardwhite 6]

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There were some articles in Parachutist in the early 70's. I'll look them up when I get home.

I have the John Lattimer Delk article article from Parachutist in the early '70s, as well as the Fenz-Epstein studies from even earlier. They are more psychology than psysiology, and they're too big (PDFs) to post, but if you want them, pm me.

HW

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Any of you know of anyone in the US studying the physiology of skydiving? For example, I read a while back of someone using a heart rate monitor to log heartbeat on a skydive. Did this person have a medical background? (BTW, I know of Patrick Weldon's work.) Someone has asked me for references on this kind of research and some people that might be doing it.

Well, I've used a pulse oximeter to measure my blood oxygen saturation during the ride to altitude, and the effect of breathing oxygen. Does that count?

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[bfilarsky 0]

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.....the effect of breathing oxygen

Not dieing?

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.....the effect of breathing oxygen

Not dieing?

I assume that with 9 jumps listed, you haven't yet made a high altitude jump.

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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.

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Drop Brian Germain a line or read his book. I think he's done a lot of work on this

Yeah. His book and papers focus more on the human fear response and how to "trick" your way out of it using mental and physical responses to it. But I'm sure he has done a decent amount of background research into the purely physical responses your body goes through while jumping.