Decompression sickness during simulated extravehicular activity: Ambulation vs. non-ambulation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 778-781

  Webb, James T ^c,d   Beckstrand, Devin P ^b   Pilmanis, Andrew A ^a   Balldin, Ulf I ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b 14MDOS/SGOAF   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adynamia; DCS; Denitrogenation; Exercise; Prebreathe; Preoxygenation

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; HUMAN; MOBILIZATION; MODEL; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHT BEARING; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; NON-NASA CENTER;

DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; EXTRAVEHICULAR ACTIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINTS; MOVEMENT; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPACE SIMULATION;

EID: 23044486000     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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