Cardiac, cerebral & lower limb hemodynamic changes, during HDT (5 days to 42 d) & space flights (7 days to 6 months)

N Tobal; J Roumy; S Herault; G Fomina; I Alferova; P Arbeille

Cardiac, cerebral & lower limb hemodynamic changes, during HDT (5 days to 42 d) & space flights (7 days to 6 months)

J Gravit Physiol. 2001 Jul;8(1):P53-4.

Authors

N Tobal¹, J Roumy, S Herault, G Fomina, I Alferova, P Arbeille

Affiliation

¹ Unite Medecine, Physiologie Spatiales-CHU Trousseau, Tours, France.

PMID: 12638622

Abstract

The objective was to identify the major cardiovascular changes induced by exposure to real or simulated 0 g (spaceflights: 6 days, 14 d, 21 d, 25 d, 6 months; Head Down Tilt: 10 h, 4 d, 5 d, 7 d, 30 d, 42 d), with a minimum of countermeasure (Daily exercise in space, no exercise in HDT).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological / physiology
Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena*
Cerebrovascular Circulation / physiology*
Head-Down Tilt*
Hemodynamics / physiology*
Humans
Regional Blood Flow / physiology
Space Flight*
Time Factors
Weightlessness Simulation
Weightlessness*