title: Biofeedback monitoring-devices for astronauts in space environment.
abstract: After a reconsideration of the state-of-the-art in biofeedback research the implementation of biofeedback systems is envisioned as a countermeasure of stress for the psychoprophylaxis of the astronaut. A one-session experiment performed on two groups of subjects to assess the interference from EMG-feedback on the performance in a simultaneous psychomotor trial with a view to expanding biofeedback application is described. The results show that the experimental group performed in the same way as the control without feedback, but with less CNS activation. Some general conclusions are drawn from the advances in technology.
authors.affiliation: University of Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rotondo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pancheri
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monesi
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Grantaliano
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: DePascalis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018480:Astronauts; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004576:Electromyography; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014893:Weightlessness