Abstract We assessed hemodynamic responses induced by orthostatic and mental stressors, using passive head up tilt (HUT) and mental arithmetic (MA), respectively. The 15 healthy males underwent three protocols: (1) HUT alone, (2) MA in supine position and (3) MA+HUT, with sessions randomized and ≥2 weeks apart. In relation to baseline, HUT increased heart rate (HR) (+20.4±7.1bpm; p<0.001), mean blood pressure (MBP) (+4.7±11.3mmHg; p<0.05), diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (+6.1±11.6mmHg; p<0.05) and total peripheral resistance (TPR) (+155±232dyne*s/cm5; p<0.001) but decreased stroke volume (SV) (−33.1±13.4ml; p<0.001) and cardiac output (CO) (−0.6±1.0l/min; p<0.01). MA increased HR (+8.0±6.0bpm; p<0.001), systolic blood pressure (SBP) (+9.0±7.7mmHg; p<0.001), MBP (+10.0±6.5mmHg; p<0.001), DBP (+9.5±7.2mmHg; p<0.001) and CO (+0.6±0.8l/min; p<0.01). MA+HUT increased HR (+28.8±8.4bpm; p<0.001), SBP (+4.6±14.3mmHg; p<0.05), MBP (+11.2±11.6mmHg; p<0.001), DBP (+13.5±10.1mmHg; p<0.001) and TPR (+160±199dyne*s/cm5; p<0.001) but SV (−34.5±14.6ml; p<0.001) decreased. Mental challenge during orthostatic challenge elicited greater increases in heart rate, despite similar reductions in stroke volume such as those during orthostatic stress alone. Overall, cardiac output decreases were less with combinations of mental and orthostatic challenges in comparison to orthostasis alone. This would suggest that carefully chosen mental stressors might affect orthostatic responses of people on standing up. Therefore, additional mental loading could be a useful countermeasure to alleviate the orthostatic responses of persons, particularly in those with histories of dizziness on standing up or on return to earth from the spaceflight environment of microgravity.


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    Titel :

    Interaction of mental and orthostatic stressors


    Beteiligte:

    Erschienen in:

    Acta Astronautica ; 68 , 9-10 ; 1509-1516


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2009-12-09


    Format / Umfang :

    8 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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