Open AccessCardiovascular and hormonal changes induced by isolation and confinement
Author(s) -
A. Maillet,
G. Gauquelin,
Claude Gharib
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1097/00005768-199610000-00034
Subject(s) - hydrostatic pressure , isolation (microbiology) , hormone , action (physics) , weightlessness , computer science , physics , mechanics , medicine , biology , bioinformatics , quantum mechanics
The cardiovascular changes induced by microgravity are in general described as the result of the loss of hydrostatic pressure. Other factors are also important: restricted environment with 1) elimination of mobility, action and 2) isolation always found in space environment or during simulation studies. Several studies indicate an analogy between microgravity and confinement. The results of simulation studies could be misinterpreted without a control confinement study present in the protocol.