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Use of thigh pressure cuffs to modulate simulated microgravity-induced changes in the skin measured with high-resolution B-scan ultrasound by S Diridollou; A Maillet; A Pavy-Le Traon; F Louisy; D Black; M Berson; J.M Grégoire; Y Gall; P Arbeille is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## Objecti6e: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the fluid shift in a simulated microgravity experiment and to test the use of thigh cuffs to help alleviate the problem. Methods: The change in skin thickness was assessed by a 20 MHz B-scan ultrasound device. This was performed on eight volunteers who underwent two successive 7-day periods of -6°anti-orthostatic bed-rest, with or without the daytime use of thigh cuffs. The thigh cuffs were used to counteract the development of facial oedema. Results: In the control group (without thigh cuffs), the results showed a steady increase in skin thickness of the combined dermis and hypodermis of the forehead and a reduction of the thickness of this tissue on the tibia. For the countermeasure group, although thigh cuffs were only employed during the daytime -being removed at night -their use reduced the amplitude and kinetics of the fluid shift, resulting in greater beneficial effects at the end of the day than early in the morning. Conclusion: These results of objective measurements of skin made using a non-invasive high frequency ultrasonography method confirm reports by cosmonauts of a reduction in facial oedema and a more 'comf

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Author

S Diridollou; A Maillet; A Pavy-Le Traon; F Louisy; D Black; M Berson; J.M Grégoire; Y Gall; P Arbeille

Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0929-8266)

Published

2001

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)