title: EVA medical problems.
abstract: The experience gained in the USSR allows the following conclusions:  physiological responses to EVA do not depend on flight duration in qualitative and quantitative terms.  Physiological responses to EVA are mainly determined by following 3 factors:  physiological activities; space suit environmental parameters; physiological stress.  This paper reviews problems, associated with altitude decompression sickness; thermal regulation of the body, visual function and physiological psychological stress as well as individual EVA experience in physiological responses.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biomedical Problems, Ministry of Health USSR, Moscow.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Barer
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001273:Atmosphere Exposure Chambers; D001831:Body Temperature / Q000502:physiology; D018478:Extravehicular Activity / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000502:physiology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008021:Life Support Systems; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology; D012426:Russia; D013026:Space Flight; D019442:Space Suits; D013315:Stress, Psychological; D014893:Weightlessness