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  • Title: Cardiovascular responses to KC-135 hyper-gravity.
    Author: Satake H, Becker WJ, Wood SJ, Matsunami K, Reschke MF.
    Journal: Acta Astronaut; 1994 Jul; 33():77-87. PubMed ID: 11539541.
    Abstract:
    The present study was designed with two intentions; Are the effects of angular velocity detectable in the cardiovascular responses during the hyper-G? Another is object to examine how the otolith signal could modify the cardiovascular responses provoked by the exposure to the hyper-G. NASA/KC-135 hyper-gravity flight was used to generate high gravito-inertial forces to exclude a possible effect of angular velocity. Six healthy subjects was indicated to make dorsal flexion of the neck to reduce the otolith input. An exposure to +l.8Gz stress resulted in a remarkable increase of systolic and diastolic blood pressure, thereby pulse pressure became a little bit narrower. R-R interval revealed a tachycardia during the hyper-G except one subject. The present experiment bore the similar cardiovascular responses as those observed in the previous studies with a short rotating radius, suggesting that almost no effect of angular velocity acts on their responses. A weaker otolith input could possibly work on them. However a systematical observation can not recognize among the subjects for the vestibular effect on the cardiovascular responses. This fact of vestibular qualification leads us to speculate that it would depend on the subjects or other factors.
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