title: MEDES clinical research facility as a tool to prepare ISSA space flights.
abstract: This new multi-disciplinary medical experimentation center provides the ideal scientific, medical and technical environment required for research programs and to prepare international space station Alpha (ISSA) missions, where space and healthcare industries can share their expertise. Different models are available to simulate space flight effects (bed-rest, confinement,...). This is of particular interest for research in Human psychology, physiology, physiopathology and ergonomics, validation of biomedical materials and procedures, testing of drugs, and other healthcare related products. This clinical research facility (CRF) provides valuable services in various fields of Human research requiring healthy volunteers. CRF is widely accessible to national and international, scientific, medical and industrial organisations. Furthermore, users have at their disposal the multi-disciplinary skills of MEDES staff and all MEDES partners on a single site.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Spatiale-MEDES, Toulouse, France. alain.maillet@medes.cnes.fr
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authors.lastname: Maillet
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authors.lastname: Pavy-Le Traon
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation*; D001510:Bed Rest; D005160:Facility Design and Construction; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007753:Laboratories; D012106:Research; D012890:Sleep; D013026:Space Flight / Q000193:education / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018561:Space Simulation; D018531:Spacecraft / Q000295:instrumentation; D018544:Weightlessness Countermeasures