Abdomen-high elastic gradient compression garments during post-spaceflight stand tests

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 459-466

  Stenger, Michael B ^a   Lee, Stuart M C ^a   Westby, Christian M ^b   Ribeiro, L Christine ^a   Phillips, Tiffany R ^a   Martin, David S ^a   Platts, Steven H ^c  

^a WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti gravity suit; Orthostatic intolerance; Space shuttle

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY POSTURE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HUMAN; LEG; MALE; MAST SUIT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; FEMALE; GRAVITY SUITS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOSTATIC INTOLERANCE; POSTURE; SPACE FLIGHT; STROKE VOLUME; SYNCOPE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84878528255     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3528.2013     Document Type: Article

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