Artificial gravity as a countermeasure of physiological deconditioning in space. |
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Authors: | D Cardús W G McTaggart |
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Institution: | Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Houston, TX 77030-3405. |
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Abstract: | The displacement of humans from our planet to space and back to our planet or to another planet necessarily causes the exposure to transitional gravitational forces which create a need for countermeasures of physiological deconditioning. One of the alternative approaches to counteracting physiological deconditioning is the simulation of a gravitational field. An apparatus named the artificial gravity simulator (AGS) has been designed and constructed. The AGS is a short radius rotating platform capable of producing a +Gz 100% gradient of a variable magnitude up to 3-g. It supports four beds for testing four subjects at a time. The AGS is suitable for short and long duration experiments on various physiological systems. At present it is being used to study the cardiovascular response to various g-levels and exposure times. |
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