title: Specific problems of physical training of cosmonauts.
abstract: Physical fitness and--closely related to it--physiological aspects of physical condition are very important in the elevation of the tolerance level to harmful effects of surrounding factors. To improve the possibilities of withstanding the factors of spaceflight, the cosmonauts undergo special training. Among the training methods there is a physical training program that is planned in relation to the general fitness of the cosmonaut. The following problems will be discussed, based on results obtained by the Polish Institute of Aviation Medicine: 1) The specific future of a physical training program. 2) The results of physiological research in a specifically elevated tolerance level to hypoxia and acceleration. 3) The possibilities of extension of physical training taking into account other flight factors.
authors.affiliation: Military Institute of Aviation Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jethon
mesh_terms: D000054:Acceleration; D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology*; D018480:Astronauts / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D018471:Hypergravity; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology*; D013026:Space Flight / Q000193:education*; D014586:USSR; D014893:Weightlessness