Weightlessness Countermeasures
"Weightlessness Countermeasures" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Techniques and routines designed to prevent or reverse unwanted effects of weightlessness experienced during actual and simulated space flight, including physiologic changes related to removal of gravitational loading. Specific measures include creation of artificial gravity, exercise, low-level lower body negative pressure, and use of anti-deconditioning devices. (From Nicogossian, Space Physiology and Medicine, 2d ed, pp294-297)
| Descriptor ID |
D018544
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.974
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| Concept/Terms |
Weightlessness Countermeasures- Weightlessness Countermeasures
- Countermeasures, Weightlessness
- Countermeasure, Weightlessness
- Weightlessness Countermeasure
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| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Weightlessness Countermeasures" by people in Profiles.
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Brain norepinephrine changes with simulated weightlessness and relation to exercise training. Physiol Behav. 1999 Jul; 66(5):885-91.