Document ID (ISN) | 108962 |
CIS number |
08-1369 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0095-6562 - Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine |
Year |
2009 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Meck J.V, Buccello-Stout R.R., Warren L.E. |
Title |
The NASA Flight Analog Project: Head-down bed rest studies |
Bibliographic information |
May 2009, Vol.80. No.5 (Section II: Supplement), whole issue (65p.) Illus. Bibl.ref. |
Abstract |
Whole supplement of the major aerospace medicine journal, devoted to the physiological and psychological effects of long-term space travel involving situations of low or no gravity, as simulated by volunteers spending 60-90 days in a bed-rest position on a bed inclined -6° relative to the horizontal (under normal conditions of gravity). The study measured the effects of this simulation on: vital signs and fluid balance; nutritional status; the bones; the cardiovascular system; immune status, latent viral reactivation and stress; postural reflexes, balance control and functional mobility; behavioural and psychological issues; cognitive functioning. |
Descriptors (primary) |
space travel; lying posture |
Descriptors (secondary) |
cardiovascular system; cognitive performance; bones; gravity; nutrition; human factors; skeleton; immunobiological changes; sense of balance; human experiments; stress factors; psychological effects; mental health |
Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
Country / State or Province | USA |
Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
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Broad subject area(s) |
New technologies Physiology, ergonomics Stress, psychosocial factors
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Browse category(ies) |
Nutrition Space travel Work posture
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