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Cardiac reserve during weightlessness simulation and shuttle flight
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Goldberger, A. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1985 |
| Description | Bedrest deconditioning is suspected to reduce cardiac function. However, quantitation of subtle decreases in cardiac reserve may be difficult. Normal subjects show considerable variability in heart rate response, reflected by a relatively broadband interbeat interval power spectrum. We hypothesized that the deconditioning effects of bedrest would induce narrowing of this spectrum, reflecting a reduction in the autonomically-modulated variability in heart rate. Ten aerobically conditioned men (average 35-50 years) underwent orthostatic tolerance testing with lower body negative pressure pre-bedrest and after 10 days of bedrest, while on placebo and after intravenous atropine. Spectra were derived by Fourier analysis of 128 interbeat interval data sets from subjects with sufficient numbers of beats during matched periods of the protocol. Data suggest that atropine unmasks the deconditioning effect of bedrest in athletic men, evidenced by a reduction in interbeat interval spectral power compared with placebo. Spectral analysis offers a new means of quantitating the effects of bedrest deconditioning and autonomic perturbations on cardiac dynamics. |
| File Size | 986345 |
| Page Count | 32 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860020025 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t01z92z6f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1985-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerospace Medicine Heart Rate Physical Fitness Deconditioning Power Spectra Autonomic Nervous System Spectrum Analysis Atropine Fourier Analysis Intravenous Procedures Orthostatic Tolerance Bed Rest Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |