Effect of 6° head-down tilt on cardiopulmonary function: Comparison with microgravity

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 8-16

  Kim Prisk, G ^a   Fine, Janelle M ^a   Elliott, Ann R ^a   West, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Gravity; Pulmonary gas exchange; Supine; Weightlessness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD TILTING; HEART FUNCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG GAS EXCHANGE; LUNG VENTILATION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; HEART; LUNG; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MANNED; MIDDLE AGED; NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT DURATION; STS-58 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-78 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-90 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-58 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-78 SHUTTLE PROJECT; STS-90 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ADULT; CARDIAC OUTPUT; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY GAS EXCHANGE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 0036141050     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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