Historical review of lower body negative pressure research in space medicine

Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 633-640

  Campbell, Mark R ^a   Charles, John B ^b  

^a Paris Regional Medical Center   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apollo program; International Space Station; Microgravity; Orthostatic intolerance; Shuttle program; Skylab program; Spaceflight countermeasures; weightlessness

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; LOWER BODY NEGATIVE PRESSURE; RUSSIA; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938938434     PISSN: 23756314     EISSN: 23756322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/AMHP.4246.2015     Document Type: Review

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