Isometric force production in experienced fighter pilots during +3 G z centrifuge acceleration

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1072-1074

  Guardiera, Simon ^a   Bock, Otmar ^a   Pongratz, Hans ^b   Krause, Wolfgang ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b German Air Force ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Aircraft; Gravity; High G; Hyper G; Sensorimotor control

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADAPTATION; ADULT; AIR FORCE; AIRPLANE PILOT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CENTRIFUGE; COMPREHENSION; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROPRIOCEPTION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

ACCELERATION; AIRCRAFT; CENTRIFUGATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 35848962741     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2152.2007     Document Type: Article

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