About The Medical Condition Countermeasures, Weightlessness
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Countermeasures, Weightlessness
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Countermeasures, Weightlessness?
Techniques and routines designed to prevent or reverse unwanted effects of weightlessness experienced during actual and simulated space flight, including physiologic changes related to removal of gravitational loading. Specific measures include creation of artificial gravity, exercise, low-level lower body negative pressure, and use of anti-deconditioning devices. (From Nicogossian, Space Physiology and Medicine, 2d ed, pp294-297)
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