Human tolerance to Gz acceleration loads generated in high-performance helicopters

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 693-703

  Shender, B S ^a  

^a NAWCAD   (United States)

Author keywords

Almost Loss of Consciousness; Cardiovascular; Flight simulation; G tolerance; Gz transition; Helicopters

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FLYING; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HEART RATE; HELICOPTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AIRCRAFT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0034886090     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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