Endurance and performance during multiple intense high +Gz exposures with effective anti-G protection

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 303-308

  Balldin, Ulf I ^a,b   Werchan, P M ^a   French, J ^a   Self, B ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acceleration; Anti G suit; Fatigue; G protection; High G

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CENTRIFUGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDURANCE; EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FINGER; FLIGHT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIGHT; MALE; MAST SUIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NECK MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RATING SCALE; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAINING; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; WAR;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NECK MUSCLES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 0037382809     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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