The impact of sleeping in an elevated upper body position during acclimatization to high altitude on acute mountain sickness and pulmonary artery systolic pressure

Background: The effect of sleeping positions during acclimatization to high altitude on Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) and High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is unknown. We tested whether sleeping with the upper body raised by 5° reduces prevalence and severity of symptoms of AMS as well as of elev...

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Published in:	Health Promotion & Physical Activity
Main Authors:	Maren Graß, Christian Apel, Daniela Bertsch, Carina Cerfontaine, Michael van der Giet, Simone van der Giet, Miriam Haunolder, Nina Hundt, Julia Jäger, Christian Kühn, Sonja Museol, Lisa Timmermann, Knut Wernitz, Ulf Gieseler, Audry Morrison, Volker Schöffl, Thomas Küpper
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, Poland 2023-12-01
Subjects:	acute mountain sickness pulmonary artery systolic pressure sleeping positions acclimatization
Online Access:	https://journals.anstar.edu.pl/index.php/hppa/article/view/522