About the Authors

Christopher John Boos

christopherboos@hotmail.com

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation trust, Poole, United Kingdom, Dept of Postgraduate Medical Education, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom, Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

John Paul O’Hara

Affiliation Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

Adrian Mellor

Affiliations Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom, James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW, United Kingdom, Defence Medical Services, Lichfield, United Kingdom

Peter David Hodkinson

Affiliations Defence Medical Services, Lichfield, United Kingdom, RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, RAF Henlow, Beds, SG16 6DN, United Kingdom, Division of Anaesthesia, University of Cambridge, Box 93, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom

Costas Tsakirides

Affiliation Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

Nicola Reeve

Affiliation Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

Liam Gallagher

Affiliation Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom

Nicholas Donald Charles Green

Affiliations Defence Medical Services, Lichfield, United Kingdom, RAF Centre of Aviation Medicine, RAF Henlow, Beds, SG16 6DN, United Kingdom

David Richard Woods

Affiliations Research Institute, for Sport, Physical Activity and Leisure, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom, Defence Medical Services, Lichfield, United Kingdom, Northumbria and Newcastle NHS Trusts, Wansbeck General and Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle, United Kingdom, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJB JPO AM PDH CT NR LG NDCG DRW. Performed the experiments: CJB JPO AM PDH CT NR LG NDCG DRW. Analyzed the data: CJB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJB JPO AM PDH CT NR LG NDCG DRW. Wrote the paper: CJB JPO AM PDH NDCG DRW.