title: A Method of Ground Simulation of Physiological Effects of Hypogravity on Humans.
abstract: A novel method of ground simulation in humans of physiological effects induced by the stay on the surface of celestial bodies with hypogravity was developed and successfully tested. This method is based on the change of gravity force angle, which decreases the gravitational component of the blood hydrostatic pressure characteristic of human vertical posture on the Earth and the load-weight onto the locomotor apparatus to the lower values expected at celestial bodies with hypogravity. The methodological requirements for ground simulation of the physiological effects of lunar gravity on human body are specified and substantiated by theoretical calculations. The experimental study revealed redistribution of liquid media in the human organism, functional changes in the cardiorespiratory system, and a decrease in the load-weight applied to the locomotor apparatus.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Space Medicine, Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Specialized Medical Care and Medical Technologies, Federal Medico-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia. spacemedinstitute@yandex.ru.
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Baranov
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Space Medicine, Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Specialized Medical Care and Medical Technologies, Federal Medico-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Katuntsev
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Space Medicine, Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Specialized Medical Care and Medical Technologies, Federal Medico-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Shpakov
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Space Medicine, Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Specialized Medical Care and Medical Technologies, Federal Medico-Biological Agency, Moscow, Russia.
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Baranov
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D018472:Hypogravity; D018476:Hypokinesia / Q000503:physiopathology; D014893:Weightlessness
keywords: hypogravity; hypokinesia; physiological modeling; weightlessness