{"id":1646,"date":"2016-09-19T05:24:33","date_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/uncategorized\/researchers-climb-mt-kilimanjaro-unlock-altitude-sickness"},"modified":"2016-09-19T05:24:33","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T05:24:33","slug":"researchers-climb-mt-kilimanjaro-unlock-altitude-sickness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/tpch\/news\/researchers-climb-mt-kilimanjaro-unlock-altitude-sickness","title":{"rendered":"Researchers climb Mt Kilimanjaro to unlock altitude sickness"},"content":{"rendered":"

Researchers climb Mt Kilimanjaro to unlock altitude sickness<\/h1>\n
\"Norman

Norman Morris at Lava Tower (4,600m) where the group stopped to check their oxygen
saturations.<\/p><\/div>\n

Professor Norman Morris, who works at both TPCH and Griffith University, and fellow TPCH physiotherapist Helen Seale, embarked on a research study in August, which involved trekking the highest mountain in Africa.<\/p>\n

The two joined 30 others on an adventure experiment up Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.<\/p>\n

The expedition was led by a long-time collaborator of Professor Morris\u2019 Professor Bruce Johnson from the Mayo Clinic, who previously undertook studies in Mount Everest in Nepal, Aconcagua in Argentina and a 3-year study in the South Pole to study the effects of altitude sickness.<\/p>\n

Helen and Norman performed short exercise tests on the climbers and researchers as they climbed.<\/p>\n

Two portable metabolic carts were used to measure gas exchange, oxygen saturation and heart rate.<\/p>\n

The purpose of the trip was to measure how altitude affected the body by looking at a range of variables including altitude symptoms, sleep quality, day\/night time oxygen saturation, cardiac function using echocardiography and electrocardiogram, lung function, energy expenditure and body composition.<\/p>\n

Follow Norman\u2019s adventure on his website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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