The objective of the Skylab Lower Body Negative Pressure experiment was to determine the extent and the time course of changes in orthostatic tolerance during the weightlessness of space flight and to determine whether in-flight data from the experiment would be useful in predicting the postflight status of orthostatic tolerance. Compared to preflight results, lower body negative pressure produced exaggerated blood pressure and heart rate responses during the first in-flight test of the Skylab 2 crewmen and showed no clear-cut trend toward preflight levels during the 28-day flight. During the second manned mission, Skylab 3, similar exaggeration of blood pressure and heart rate responses occurred during the first in-flight test. Again no definite trend toward preflight values could be seen during the first 28 days but cardiovascular responses to lower body negative pressure appeared to become more stable by the sixth to eighth week of flight. In general, the test results in-flight served to predict quite well the orthostatic tolerance of the individual crewmen in the immediate postflight period.


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    Title :

    Lower body negative pressure: Third manned Skylab mission


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    Publication date :

    1977-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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