title: [G-tolerance of female cosmonauts during descent in space flights of 8 up to 169 days in duration].
abstract: Investigations into g-tolerance of female cosmonauts during descent in space flights of varying duration are topical for the present day, as there are little data on this issue. Tolerance of +Gz-loads during descent was analyzed based on the data about 4 female cosmonauts in 5 space flights. The space flights were conventionally divided into short- (8-16 days) and long-term (169 days). In two space flights (16 and 169-d long), tubeless anti-g suit Centaur was warn during descent. In these space flights, g-tolerance of females was quite satisfactory advocating for the possibility for women to fly to space without any constraints. When the anti-g suit was not used, female physiological systems were stressed heavier than male. The spacesuit smoothed away this difference. Our results evidence a distinct positive effect of wearing the anti-g suit by female cosmonauts during descent as it reduces stress to their physiological systems.
authors.affiliation: Aviakosmicheskaya i Ekologicheskaya Meditsina, Russia.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Koloteva
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Kotovskaia
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Vil'-Vil'iams
authors.forename: V Iu
authors.initials: VIu
authors.lastname: Luk'ianiuk
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Gavrilova
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D000328:Adult; D018480:Astronauts; D005260:Female; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013026:Space Flight; D018531:Spacecraft; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Perenosimost' peregruzok zhenshchinami-kosmonavtami na uchastke spuska v kosmicheskikh poletakh dlitel'nost'iu ot 8 do 169 sutok.