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Record 1 2006-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Research Experiments in Space
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

Countermeasures are tested on the healthy subject using an experimental model reproducing the effects of weightlessness by sustained bed rest, i.e. lying in a minus 6º head-down tilted (HDT) position.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
  • Médecine aérospatiale
DEF

Maintien, à des fins expérimentales, d'un décubitus antiorthostatique pendant une durée pouvant atteindre plusieurs semaines, pour simuler certains effets de l'impesanteur sur le corps humain.

Spanish

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