Concept information
Preferred term
Weightlessness Countermeasures
Type
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Definition
- 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)
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Countermeasures, Weightlessness
In other languages
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French
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Contre-mesures aux effets de l'apesanteur
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Contremesures à l'apesanteur
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Contremesures aux effets de l'apesanteur
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-Z1TP7BZP-V
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