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A A Shipov

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2003

[Problems of diagnostics and prophylaxis in a Martian flight].

In future interplanetary missions that will take up to two years the role of monitoring of the main human body systems and prevention of the effects of microgravity for the benefit of crew health and performance will rise eminently. In contrast to the orbital flights, diagnostics and prophylaxis will be a responsibility of the doctor within the crew who will consult solely own expertise and judgment. Hence, criteria and requirements to health monitoring and medicare systems and items are to be defined. The paper substantiates a concept and principles of diagnostics and prophylaxis, ideas concerning the scope of associated measures on the way to Mars, during the visit to the planet and on return to Earth; potentiality of a short-arch centrifuge as a means of prophylaxis is also discussed.

Diagnostic Services↗
PubMed2002

[Basic results of the investigation of the effects of antiorthostatic hypokinesia on the functioning of various systems in monkey's organism].

Presented are results of comprehensive studies of functioning various body systems of Macaca mulatta after 4 weeks in antiorthostatic hypokinesia (head-down tilting, HDT). HDT deteriorated monkeys' tolerance of +Gz, altered the higher nervous functioning, and brought about serious disorders in coordination and locomotion. It also impacted energy metabolism, reduced hydration of organism, caused various shifts in the neuroendocrine system, circulation and its controls, and protein, carbohydrate and mineral metabolism. HDT resulted in inhibition of the lymphoid activity of structural components of the lymph nodes, changes in the musculoskeletal apparatus of the lower limbs, atrophic developments in the iliac crest spongiosis, and reduction of the oxidative potential of fibers in the crus extensors, and the number of capillaries in a fiber. These observations are ascribed to redistribution of the body fluids, hypokinesia per se and absence of the effects of support. This HDT model can be applied to monkeys for studying processes of the hypokinetic syndrome and developing countermeasures.

Animals↗
PubMed1997

Biomedical aspects of artificial gravity.

Artificial gravity (AG) is the basic challenge for space biology and medicine. The importance of this problem is associated with the fact that duration of the space missions will become progressively longer, but the presently available countermeasures do not provide reason enough to predict the human health safety during space missions of any duration. The creation of AG could be an efficient method for removing the negative effects of microgravity. Two principle methods of generating AG, rotation of space system (SS) and building of short arm centrifuge (SAC), have been proposed. The purpose of the present work is to review the biomedical aspects of AG in the context of its use in long-term space missions.

Aerospace Medicine↗
PubMed1980

Study of physiological effects of weightlessness and artificial gravity in the flight of the biosatellite Cosmos-936.

In the 18.5-day flight of the Soviet biosatellite Cosmos-936 (3-22, August 1977) com-parative investigations of the physiological effects of prolonged weightlessness (20 rats) and artificial gravity of 1 g (10 rats) were carried out. Throughout the flight artificial gravity was generated by means of animal rotation in two centrifuges with a radius of 320mm. Postflight examination of animals and treatment of the flight data were performed by Soviet scientists in collaboration with the specialists from Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Rumania, France and the U.S.A. During the flight the total motor activity of the weightless rats was higher and their body temperature was lower than those of the centrifuged animals. Postflight examination of the weightless rats showed a greater percentage of errors during maze an increase in water intake and a decrease in diuresis; a fall of the resistance of peripheral red cells; an increase in the conditionally pathogenic microflora in the mouth; a decrease of oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production and energy expenditures; a drop in the static physical endurance; a decline in the capacity to keep balance on the rail; an increase in the latent period of the lifting reflex, etc. The centrifugal animals displayed lesser or no change of the above type. These findings together with the biochemical and morphological data give evidence that during and after flight adaptive processes in the centrifuged rats developed better.

Adaptation, Physiological↗