Cardiovascular effects of anti-G suit and cooling garment during space shuttle re-entry and landing

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 753-757

  Perez, Sondra A ^a   Charles, John B ^b   Fortner, G William ^a   Hurst IV, Victor ^a   Meck, Janice V ^b  

^a WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ACES; Arterial pressure; Heart rate; Heat stress; Launch entry suit; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SPACE FLIGHT; STANDING; STRESS; THERMOSTABILITY;

NASA CENTER JSC; NASA DISCIPLINE CARDIOPULMONARY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CRYOTHERAPY; FEMALE; GRAVITY SUITS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPACE SUITS; SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0038354696     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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