Experiment

Experiment

A.034

Experiment

Cardio-pulmonary function during excercise

Primary investigator

Karemaker, J.,
Linnarson,
Di Prampero, P.

Contact point

Universiteit van Amsterdam

Category

Life Sciences

Abstract

We participated in the Swedish-Italian-Dutch human physiology experiment onboard ESA's July 1990 parabolic flight campaign in the Caravelle flying out of Br‚tigny near Paris. We planned to measure respiratory, cardiovascular (particularly brain perfusion) and .... (full text)

Experiment procedure

While subjects were pedalling througout the different flight phases, several physiologicalparameters were measured simultaneously, including ECG, heart rate, transthoracic impedance,work rate, repiratory flow, respired CO2 concentration, venous lactate concentration, blood pressureen cerebral artery flow velocity by Doppler velocimetry.

Funding agency

ESA

Launcher

ESA Caravelle

Mission

10th ESA campaign 1990