Eye, Head and Arm Coordination and Spinal Reflexes in Weightlessness — MONIMIR Experiment

Berger, Martin D.; Gerstenbrand, F; Kozlovskaya, I. B.; Burlatchkova, N.; A, Muigg; Sokolov, A.; Babaev, B.; Grill, I.; Borisov, M. B.; DeCol, C.; Holzmüller, G.; Hochmair, E.; Steinwender, Gernot

doi:10.1007/978-3-7091-9260-3_9

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“…Observations performed after space flights of different durations have shown that weightlessness causes body deconditioning, which is demonstrated by changes in most of the physiological systems (Gazenko et al, 1986; Kornilova, 1987; Kozlovskaya et al, 1988, 1990; Berger et al, 1992; Grigoriev and Egorov, 1992; Edgerton and Roy, 1996; Reschke et al, 1998; Clement et al, 2003). The necessity to study the mechanisms of hypogravitational effects on the human body led to the exploration of experimental models of weightlessness.…”

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Dry Immersion as a Ground-Based Model of Microgravity Physiological Effects

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Dry immersion (DI) is one of the most widely used ground models of microgravity. DI accurately and rapidly reproduces most of physiological effects of short-term space flights. The model simulates such factors of space flight as lack of support, mechanical and axial unloading as well as physical inactivity. The current manuscript gathers the results of physiological studies performed from the time of the model’s development. This review describes the changes induced by DI of different duration (from few hours to 56 days) in the neuromuscular, sensory-motor, cardiorespiratory, digestive and excretory, and immune systems, as well as in the metabolism and hemodynamics. DI reproduces practically the full spectrum of changes in the body systems during the exposure to microgravity. The numerous publications from Russian researchers, which until present were mostly inaccessible for scientists from other countries are summarized in this work. These data demonstrated and validated DI as a ground-based model for simulation of physiological effects of weightlessness. The magnitude and rate of physiological changes during DI makes this method advantageous as compared with other ground-based microgravity models. The actual and potential uses of the model are discussed in the context of fundamental studies and applications for Earth medicine.

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