An upright lower body positive pressure (LBPP) device is an airtight chamber encompassing legs and pelvic area; as pressure in the chamber is increased, the person is lifted, thereby reducing bodyweight at the level of the feet (Fig. 1).
Reduced Gravity by Lower Body Positive Pressure
Handbook of Bioastronautics ; Kapitel : 139 ; 479-488
17.08.2021
10 pages
Aufsatz/Kapitel (Buch)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Bed rest , Microgravity , Reduced gravity , Fractional gravity , LBPP , Exercise , Rehabilitation , Space medicine Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering , Aerospace Technology and Astronautics , Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics) , Medicine/Public Health, general , Human Physiology , Engineering
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