Effect of G-suit protection on carotid-cardiac baroreflex function

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-36

  Convertino, Victor A ^a   Reister, Craig A ^b  

^a US ARMY INSTITUTE OF SURGICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Rothe Development Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic function; G suits; LBNP; Orthostatism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; BLOOD FLOW; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CAROTID SINUS PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX; CHRONOTROPISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MAST SUIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENOUS RETURN;

ADULT; CAROTID ARTERIES; GRAVITY SUITS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESSORECEPTORS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033966852     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Bevegard S, Jonsson B, Karlof I. Circulatory response to recumbent exercise and head-up tilting in patients with disturbed sympathetic cardiovascular control (postural hypotension). Acta Med Scand 1962; 172:623-36.
2. Burns JW, Parnell MJ, Burton RR. Hemodynamics of miniature swine during +Gz stress with and without anti-G support. J Appl Physiol 1986; 60:1628-37.
3. Burton RR. Clinical application of the anti-G suit. Aviat Space Environ Med 1975; 46:745.
4. Burton RR, Smith AH. Adaptation to acceleration environments. In: Fregly MJ, Blatteis CM, eds. Handbook of physiology: environmental physiology. III. The gravitational environment. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1995.
5. Cochran WG, Cox GM. Experimental designs. New York: Wiley, 1957.
6. Convertino VA, Doerr DF, Eckberg DL, et al. Head-down bed rest impairs vagal baroreflex responses and provokes orthostatic hypotension. J Appl Physiol 1990; 68:1458-64.
7. Denq J-C, Opfer-Gehrking TL, Giuliani M, et al. Efficacy of compression of different capacitance beds in the amelioration of orthostatic hypotension. Clin Autonomic Res 1997; 7:321-6.
8. Eckberg DL, Convertino VA, Fritsch JM, Doerr DF. Reproducibility of human vagal carotid baroreceptor-cardiac reflex responses. Am J Physiol 1992; 263:R215-20.
9. Eckberg DL, Sleight P. Human baroreflexes in health and disease. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
10. Eiken O, Bjurstedt H. Dynamic exercise in man as influenced by experimental restriction of the blood flow in working muscles. Acta Physiol Scand 1987; 131:339-45.
11. Eiken O, Convertino VA, Doerr DF, et al. Characteristics of the carotid baroreflex in man during normal and flow-restricted exercise. Acta Physiol Scand 1992; 144:325-31.
12. Elizondo LL, Doerr DF, Sims MA, et al. Application of USAF G-suit technology for clinical orthostatic hypotension: a case study. Aviat Space Environ Med 1996; 67:344-50.
13. Halliwill JR, Lawler LA, Eickhoff TJ, et al. Reflex responses to regional venous pooling during lower body negative pressure in humans. J Appl Physiol 1998; 84:454-8.
14. Kubicek WG, Karnegis JN, Patterson RP, et al. Development and evaluation of an impedance cardiac output system. Aerosp Med 1966; 37:1208-12.
15. Ludbrook J, Mancia G, Ferrari A, Zanchetti A. The variable-pressure neck-chamber method for studying the carotid baroreflex in man. Clin Sci Mol Med 1977; 53:165-71.
16. Ludwig DA, Convertino VA. Predicting orthostatic intolerance: physics or physiology? Aviat Space Environ Med 1994; 65:404-11.
17. Ludwig DA, Convertino VA. A statistical note on the redundancy of nine standard baroreflex parameters. Aviat Space Environ Med 1991; 62:172-5.
18. Ludwig DA, Krock LP, Doerr DF, Convertino VA. Mediating effect of onset rate on the relationship between +Gz and LBNP tolerance and cardiovascular reflexes. Aviat Space Environ Med 1998; 69:630-8.
19. Luster EA, Baumgartner N, Adams WC, Convertino VA. Effects of hypovolemia and posture on integrated baroreflex function. Aviat Space Environ Med 1996; 67:308-13.
20. Mitchell JH, Schmidt RF. Cardiovascular reflex control by afferent fibers from skeletal muscle receptors. In: Shepherd JT, Abboud FM, eds. Handbook of physiology: the cardiovascular system. Peripheral circulation and organ blood flow. Bethesda, MD: American Physiology Society, 1983.
21. Nicholas NC. Use of a modified partial pressure suit to alleviate severe postural hypotension. Aerosp Med 1962; 33:1247-8.
22. Papelier Y, Escourrou P, Helloco F, Rowell LB. Muscle chemoreflex alters carotid sinus baroreflex response in humans. J Appl Physiol 1997; 82:577-83.
23. Pickering TG, Gribbin B, Strange Petersen E, et al. Comparison of the effects of exercise and posture on the baroreflex in man. Cardiovascular Res 1971; 5:582-6.
24. Rowell LB, Sheriff DD. Are muscle "chemoreflexes" functionally important? NIPS 1988; 3:250-3.
25. Self DA, Ewert DL, Swope RD, et al. Beat-to-beat determination of peripheral resistance and arterial compliance during +Gz centrifugation. Aviat Space Environ Med 1994; 65:396-403.
26. Sieker HO, Burnum JF, Hickam JB, Penrod KE. Treatment of postural hypotension with a countermeasure garment. JAMA 1956; 161:132-5.
27. Sprenkle JM, Eckberg DL, Goble RG, et al. Device for rapid quantification of human carotid baroreceptor-cardiac reflex responses. J Appl Physiol 1986; 60:727-32.
28. Sundblad P, Linnarsson D. Slowing of carotid-cardiac baroreflex with standing and with isometric and dynamic muscle activity. Am J Physiol 1996; 271:H1363-9.
29. Victor RG, Seals DR. Reflex stimulation of sympathetic outflow during rhythmic exercise in humans. Am J Physiol 1989; 257: H2017-24.