Hypergravity and dehydration-induced shifts of interstitial fluid in the skin monitored by ultrasound

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 760-763

  Eichler, Wolfgang ^a   Frank, Ines ^b   Nehring, Michael ^b   Welsch, Heiko ^b   Klotz, Karl Friedrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Fluid distribution; Hypergravity; Interstitial fluid; Microgravity; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; DEHYDRATION; FLUID INTAKE; FLUID SHIFT; GRAVITATIONAL STRESS; GRAVITY; HEAD; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL FLUID; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASMA VISCOSITY; SKIN; SPACE FLIGHT; TIBIA; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; DEHYDRATION; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FLUID SHIFTS; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; MALE; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 4344663839     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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