A stair-stepper for exercising on a short-radius centrifuge

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-134

  Edmonds, Jessica L ^a   Jarchow, Thomas ^a   Young, Laurence R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial gravity; Coriolis force; Countermeasure; Exercise; Spaceflight deconditioning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; CORIOLIS PHENOMENON; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GRAVITY; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SPACE FLIGHT; SUPINE POSITION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRIFUGATION; CORIOLIS FORCE; EXERCISE THERAPY; EXERTION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33846829657     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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