Physical conditioning to enhance +Gz tolerance: Issues and current understanding

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 573-580

  Bateman, William A ^a   Jacobs, Ira ^a   Buick, Fred ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

+Gz tolerance; Acceleration; Centrifuge; Exercise; Physical conditioning; Physical fitness

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; AIRPLANE PILOT; CANADA; EXPOSURE; FATALITY; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; REVIEW;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY SUITS; HUMANS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; PHYSICAL FITNESS;

EID: 33745698580     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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