On the evidence of orbital flights, the system of countermeasures against the effects of microgravity does not fully make for deconditioning of a number of human organs and systems and recovery of preflight physical status and working ability of members of long-term missions takes 1.5 to 2 mos. of the post-flight rehabilitation. In order to maintain the physical form, health and performance of crews in future interplanetary missions, we should be ready to offer them a novel countermeasure, i.e. regular sessions of artificial gravity generated by a short-radius centrifuge (SRC) on board vehicles. The articles presents the substantiation and concept of ground-based simulation studies of health benefits from SRC in interplanetary missions. Of primary concern is development of SRC regimens that will put up a strong opposition to microgravity, assure crew safety, and reduce to the minimum time to fulfill the in-flight countermeasure program. Answers to arising questions can be found by consolidation of the expertise and resources of the countries willing to meet this challenge.
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January 2025
Hubei Subsurface Multi-scale Imaging Key Laboratory, School of Geophysics and Geomatics, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China.
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Department of Nephrology, State Key Laboratory of Kidney Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory of Kidney Disease Research, National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Diseases, Nephrology Institute of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Suzhou Institute of Nano-Tech and Nano-Bionics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou 215123, P. R. China.
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January 2025
Department of Kinesiology and Sport Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA.
Unlabelled: Dehydration-induced increased plasma osmolality (P) alters whole body fluid balance which could alter resistance exercise (RE) induced intramuscular (IM) fluid shift.
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February 2025
Studio Ozark Henry, Conterdijk 23, Wulpen, Belgium. Electronic address:
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