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Vegatative (Autonomic) Regulation of the Cardio-Respiratory System of Humans in Conditions of Weightlessness (Pulse)
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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

MBI-9 (Pulse) is a cardiological assessment which collects data on arterial blood pressure and an electrocardiogram is performed to better understand the effects of weightlessness on the human cardiorespiratory system.

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:

    June 2002 - April 2007

    Expeditions Assigned

    5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14

    Previous ISS Missions

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    Experiment Description

    Research Overview

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    Description

    Acquisition of new scientific information to extend ideas about mechanisms of cardio-respiratory system adaptation to long-duration space flights.

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    Applications

    Space Applications

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    Earth Applications

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

    Pulse Kit, Laptop, Pulse Pouch.

    Operational Protocols

    Study of impact of long-duration space flight factors on the functional state of cardiovascular and respiratory systems of cosmonauts by using computer modifications of electrocardiography, sphygmography and pneumotachography. Study of control processes for the cardiorespiratory system. Control of cardioresparatory homeostasis indices (average pulse rate, cardiac output and stroke volume, phase structure of the cardiac cycle, systole efficiency, average respiration rate, volumetric and rate characteristics of the expired air). Control of indices of the control system of the cardiorespiratory system.

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    Results/More Information

    Improvement of the cosmonauts' medical supervision system in a long-duration flight. Development of new criteria for prognostic assessment of probable violations of cardiorespiratory homeostasis.

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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

    image The Pulse Kit.
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