Fig 1.
Trek itinerary and altitude profile.
Daily trekking distance and sleeping altitude profile for participants utilized in this research.
Fig 2.
Occurrence of AMS and SpO2 (%) during the trek.
The number of participant’s classed by the LLS as having AMS are illustrated along with changes in SpO2 during all days of the trek.
Table 1.
Centre of pressure velocity at different altitudes.
Table 2.
Centre of pressure velocity in the anterior-posterior direction at different altitudes.
Fig 3.
Centre of pressure total sway velocity (cm/s) for standing balance with eyes open along with altitude profile.
Box plots show medians, quartiles, whiskers representing the max and min values, and dots representing individual participant values (O = positive LLS in 24 hrs before test). *p<0.05 vs. SL, ¶Cohen’s d > 0.8 compared with sea level.