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Hydrostatic pressure during water immersion exerts a significant compressive force that reduces vascular capacity and shifts blood volume, contrary to claims that buoyancy prevents these circulatory effects.
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Regnard et al. (2022) conducted an editorial in Circulatory effects of immersion. Water immersion was evaluated. Hydrostatic pressure during water immersion exerts a significant compressive force that reduces vascular capacity and shifts blood volume, contrary to claims that buoyancy prevents these circulatory effects.
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