Biomedical aspects of artificial gravity

Acta Astronaut. 1981 Sep-Oct;8(9-10):1117-21. doi: 10.1016/0094-5765(81)90087-4.

Abstract

Artificial gravitv generated by spacecraft rotation may prove a universal countermeasure against adverse effects of weightlessness in the future. The paper summarizes the results of ground-based biomedical investigations of artificial gravity and flight experiments aboard Soviet biosatellites Cosmos-782 and Cosmos-936. It is believed that at the present stage the major goal of such investigations is to determine the minimum efficient value of artificial gravity in long-term flights which may eliminate adverse effects of prolonged weightlessness. In ground-bound studies the highest priority should be given to the development of methods on increasing human tolerance to the rotating environment.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adaptation, Physiological
  • Aerospace Medicine
  • Animals
  • Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena
  • Digestive System Physiological Phenomena
  • Dogs
  • Fishes
  • Gravity, Altered*
  • Humans
  • Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena
  • Rats
  • Rotation*
  • Space Flight*
  • Spacecraft / instrumentation
  • Turtles / physiology
  • Weightlessness / adverse effects*
  • Weightlessness Countermeasures*