[Results of self-tonometry during the 1st German-Russian MIR mission 1992].
The 1st German-Russian MIR mission 1992 is one result of the agreement about technical and scientific cooperation between Germany and the former Soviet Union. Fourteen experiments have been performed during the 8-day manned space mission, one of which was called "TON": self-tonometry in mu-gravity. A total of 70 measurements of intraocular pressure (IOP) was performed in the SOJUS TM capsule as well as in the MIR space station with the automatic self-tonometer. The first pressure readings 16 min after reaching mu-gravity revealed a 92% rise in the IOP compared to the baseline data on earth followed by an adaptation phase lasting several hours. Important information about the handling of the self-tonometer in mu-gravity was obtained. Its use is also planned for the 2nd German D-2 Spacelab-Mission in March 1993.
Schwartz
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Universitäts-Augenklinik Hamburg.
Draeger
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J
Groenhoff
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Flade
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D000328:Adult; D004867:Equipment Design; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D007429:Intraocular Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D012426:Russia; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation; D013026:Space Flight; D014065:Tonometry, Ocular / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness
Ergebnisse der Selbsttonometrie während der 1. Deutsch-Russischen MIR-Mission 1992.