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Assessing Cerebral Autoregulation via Oscillatory Lower Body Negative Pressure and Projection Pursuit Regression
Published on: December 10, 2014
[Nature of the regulation of blood circulation in pilots]
Abstract:
Dynamic observations over a group of pilots within a working week during three months have shown that blood pressure increases to meet the requirements via a higher cardiac output. When stresses grow and fatigue sets in, the pattern of circulation regulation changes so that elevated blood pressure is maintained due to an increased peripheral resistance. Differential approach to the pattern of blood pressure regulation makes it possible to assess the degree of circulation adaptation to various work loads.
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