Cardiovascular and Valsalva responses during parabolic flight

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1957-1965

  Schlegel, Todd T ^a   Benavides, Edgar W ^b   Barker, Donald C ^b   Brown, Troy E ^b   Harm, Deborah L ^a   Desilva, Suresh J ^c   Low, Phillip A ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreflex; Hypergravity; Microgravity; Valsalva maneuver

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VALSALVA MANEUVER; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0031767030     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.85.5.1957     Document Type: Article

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