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Physiological Functions (cardio-respiratory) of Humans Using Contactless Methods During Sleep in Long Duration Space Flight (Sonokard)
04.26.13

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Experiment Overview

This content was provided by Irina I. Funtova, Ph.D., and is maintained in a database by the ISS Program Science Office.

Brief Summary

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Principal Investigator(s)

  • Irina I. Funtova, Ph.D., Institute of Medical and Biological Problems, Moscow, Russia

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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    Developer(s)
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    Sponsoring Space Agency

    Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos)

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    Research Benefits

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    ISS Expedition Duration:

    October 2007 - September 2011

    Expeditions Assigned

    16,17,18,19/20,21/22,23/24,25/26,27/28

    Previous ISS Missions

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    Experiment Description

    Research Overview

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    Description

    To develop proposals for improving the crew health monitoring system using a contactless method of acquiring physiological data in sleep.

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    Applications

    Space Applications

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    Earth Applications

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

    Sonokard set, Sonokard, Sonokard- Data kit, Laptop RSE-Med. Returned to Earth is Sonokard-Data kit with a memory card containing the study results.

    Operational Protocols

    To improve the system for contactless acquisition of physiological data during sleep using a device in a breast pocket of the Sonokard sports shirt. To study the feasibility of obtaining the maximum of data through computer processing of records obtained overnight. To systematically record the ISS crew physiological functions during sleep. To study the feasibility of obtaining real-time crew health data.

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    Results/More Information

    Data obtained through contactless acquisition of cardiorespiratory data over the night period could serve as a basis for developing efficient criteria for evaluating and predicting adaptive capability of human body in long-duration space flight. This is important not only from scientific, but also from a practical standpoint for the further development of the system for the crew health real-time monitoring. Such a system will become an important element in manned space flight safety, since it will allow a continuous monitoring of crew health. In addition to this, continuous records of sets of physiological data will permit to gather new information about the state of different levels of physisological functions control, of their co-ordination, and the way they are related to the degree of the body's adaptation to zero-gravity.

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    Related Websites
  • Coordinating Scientific and Technical Council of the Russian Space Agency [Russian]
  • Energia - Science Research on the ISS Russian Segment

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    Imagery

    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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