Artificial gravity training improves orthostatic tolerance in ambulatory men and women

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 60, Issue 4-7 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 267-272

  Stenger, Michael B ^a   Evans, Joyce M ^a   Patwardhan, Abhijit R ^a   Moore, Fritz B ^b   Hinghofer Szalkay, Helmut ^c   Rössler, Andreas ^d   Ziegler, Michael G ^e   Knapp, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c Institute of Adaptive and Spaceflight Physiology   (Austria)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial gravity; Centrifuge; Countermeasure; Gender

Indexed keywords

BLOOD VESSELS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ORTHOPEDICS; PATIENT TREATMENT; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY (AG) TRAINING; GENDER; ORTHOSTATIC TOLERANCE; SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 33846618701     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2006.08.008     Document Type: Article

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