Taking gravity into space

J Gravit Physiol. 1997 Jul;4(2):P17-20.

Abstract

NASA: The use of a personal centrifuge as a countermeasure to weightlessness during space flight is presented. The authors argue that it is more effective than exercise techniques now used. Recent research in intermittent gravity exposure is reviewed and future opportunities and requirements for research are examined.

MeSH terms

  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Centrifugation
  • Exercise / physiology
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Gravity, Altered*
  • Humans
  • Military Personnel
  • Research
  • Space Flight / instrumentation*
  • United States
  • Weightlessness / adverse effects*
  • Weightlessness Countermeasures*