title: [Study of mineral saturation of lumbar vertebral bones in th course of systemic exposure to +Gz accelerations].
abstract: Of a pressing aspect of pilots' exposure to high levels of head-to-seat accelerations (+Gz) is the high risk of vertebral traumatization. In this connection, mineral saturation of the lumbar vertebral in test subjects systematically exposed to +Gz accelerations on centrifuge over two months and pilots of highly manouevrable fighters has been investigated. Results of the study point it out that systematic flight g-loads bring about an increase in vertebral bone mineralization. Thus, following a series of +Gz exposures of the test subjects the integrated content of mineral substances and the density of structural composition of vertebrals Z2-Z4 showed the average rises by 4.6% and 4.15%, respectively; however, the same parameters in the pilots were higher than in the control group by 8.8% and 10.6%, respectively. The paper discusses possible mechanisms underlying these phenomena.
authors.affiliation: State Scientific Experimental Institute of Aerspace Medicine MO RF.
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Kaliakin
authors.forename: I V
authors.initials: IV
authors.lastname: Bukhtiiarov
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Vasilév
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000054:Acceleration; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D015519:Bone Density / Q000502:physiology*; D002498:Centrifugation / Q000379:methods; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000378:metabolism*; D008889:Military Personnel; D012307:Risk Factors
vernacular_title: Issledovanie mineralńoi nasyshchennosti kostnoi tkani poiasnichnykh pozvonkov v protsesse sistematicheskogo vozdeistviia peregruzok +Gz.