Influence of Acetazolamide on Hand Strength and Manual Dexterity During a 30-h Simulated High Altitude Exposure.

CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that 500 mg/d of AZ does not influence hand strength or manual dexterity during a 30 h exposure to 3,500 m simulated ALT. Acute ALT exposure (1 h) did not influence dexterity or strength, although some measures of dexterity showed improvements as exposure time increased. We conclude that use of AZ to optimize medical readiness at ALT is unlikely to impair the Warfighter's ability to complete mission tasks that depend on hand function. PMID: 32175586 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Military Medicine - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Mil Med Source Type: research