The prime objective of this International Microgravity Laboratory (IML-1) investigation is to measure the bulk compliance (distensibility) of the veins in the lower leg before, during, and after spaceflight. It is of particular interest whether venous compliance over the range of both positive and negative transmural pressures (various states of venous distention and collapse) changes throughout the duration of spaceflight. Information concerning the occurrence and character of compliance changes could have implications for the design of improved antigravity suits and further the understanding of inflight and postflight venous hemodynamics.
Measurement of venous compliance (8-IML-1)
1992-02-01
Miscellaneous
No indication
English
Improved Data Gathering and Analysis Systems for the Measurement of Venous Compliance
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1995
|Effects of Spaceflight on Venous and Arterial Compliance
NTRS | 2016
|Effects of Spaceflight on Venous and Arterial Compliance
NTRS | 2017
|Venous Compliance and Fluid Shift Measurements on Spacelab IML-1
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1992
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