Gravity effects on upper airway area and lung volumes during parabolic flight

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1639-1645

  Beaumont, Maurice ^a   Fodil, Redouane ^b   Isabey, Daniel ^b   Lofaso, Frédéric ^b   Touchard, Dominique ^b   Harf, Alain ^b   Louis, Bruno ^b,c  

^a Centre d'Essais en Vol   (France)

^b Inst Natl S de la Rech Med U492   (France)

^c Inst Natl S de la Rech Med U492   (France)

Author keywords

Hypergravity; Upper airway configuration; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRWAY; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FUNCTIONAL RESIDUAL CAPACITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG VOLUME; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0031957183     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jappl.1998.84.5.1639     Document Type: Article

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