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. 2001 Feb;14(1):70-4.

[Biomedical problems of artificial gravity: overview and challenge]

[Article in Chinese]
L F Zhang  1
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[Biomedical problems of artificial gravity: overview and challenge]

[Article in Chinese]
L F Zhang. Space Med Med Eng (Beijing). 2001 Feb.

Abstract

The limitations of the currently used exercise-based countermeasures and the scientific rationale for the gravity-based countermeasures are addressed. Then, an overview of the physiological effects and requirements for the two types of artificial gravity (AG), i.e., the continuous AG provided by full-time spinning of the entire space system/habitat and the intermittent AG by incorporating a short-arm centrifuge into the spacecraft, is presented. Finally, significance and challenge faced in future research on biochemical problems of artificial gravity are discussed.

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