Motion sickness decreases arterial pressure and therefore acceleration tolerance

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 541-546

  Eiken, Ola ^a   Tipton, Michael J ^b   Kölegård, Roger ^a   Lindborg, Bertil ^a   Mekjavic, Igor B ^c  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous function; Cardiovascular control; Gravitational stress; Motion illness

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AVIATION; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROL SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTION SICKNESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROVOCATION; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRIFUGATION; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; HYPOTENSION; MALE; MOTION SICKNESS;

EID: 20044373281     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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