Microgravity and Vision Impairments in Astronauts
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-17869-1 (ISBN)
Dr. Erik Seedhouse worked as an Astronaut Training Consultant for Bigelow Aerospace in 2005, a company for whom he wrote the Spaceflight Participants Flight Surgeon's Manual. He also developed astronaut-training protocols for future spaceflight participants and wrote and edited several chapters of Bigelow Aerospace's Astronaut Training Manual. Erik is a research scientist specializing in environmental life sciences and physiology, the subject in which he obtained his PhD in Physiology while working for the European Space Agency between 1996 and 1998. In 2009, he was one of the final candidates for selection as an astronaut in the CSA's Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. He is also Training Director for for Hire.
Introduction.- Syndrome-specific Anatomy and Physiology.- Earth-bound Pathophysiology of Increased Intracranial Pressure.- Pathophysiology of Increased Intracranial Pressure in Weightlessness.- Pathology, demographics and anatomy of papilledema.- Microgravity Induced Cephalad Fluid Shift.- The Role of Carbon Dioxide.- Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED).- Diet on board the International Space Station.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 25.9.2015 |
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Reihe/Serie | SpringerBriefs in Space Development |
Zusatzinfo | XII, 96 p. 49 illus., 46 illus. in color. |
Verlagsort | Cham |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Augenheilkunde |
Technik ► Luft- / Raumfahrttechnik | |
Schlagworte | Cardiovascular System in Orbit • Cerebral Hemodynamics in Space • Fluid Shift in Space • Intracranial Pressure from Spaceflight • Intraocular Pressure for Astronauts • Microgravity Effects on Health • Microgravity Impact on Eyesight • Pathophysiology of Astronauts • Resistive Exercise and the ISS • Weightlessness Effect on Health |
ISBN-10 | 3-319-17869-5 / 3319178695 |
ISBN-13 | 978-3-319-17869-1 / 9783319178691 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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