Contributory factors to orthostatic intolerance after simulated weightlessness

Clinical Physiology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 360-368

  Pavy Le Traon, A ^a,b   Louisy, F ^c   Vasseur Clausen, P ^b   Guell A ^d   Gharib, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CHU RANGUEIL   (France)

^c Institut de Medecine Aerospatiale du Service de Sante des Armees   (France)

^d CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Bed rest; Contributory factors; Counter measures; Orthostatic hypotension; Venous distensibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN DILATATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ADULT; BED REST; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; HYPOTENSION, ORTHOSTATIC; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SYNCOPE;

EID: 0032855904     PISSN: 01445979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2281.1999.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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