Accession Number:

AD0410162

Title:

SOME CARDIORESPIRATORY RESPONSES OF FLYING AND NON-FLYING PERSONNEL TO DIFFERENT VECTORS OF ACCELERATION WITH CORRELATION OF THESE RESPONSES TO OTHER VARIABLES

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE AEROSPACE MEDICAL RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Hyde, Alvin S.
• Cherniack, Neil S.
• Lindberg, Evan F.
• Whately, Dorothy

Report Date:

1962-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

16.0

Abstract:

The cardiovascular and respiratory responses of test pilots are compared with the AMRL centrifuge panel members during headward Gz and forward Gx accelerations. Vital capacity decreased in all subjects with increasing forward acceleration. No significant differ-e existed between the cardiorespiratory performance of test pilots and that of the nonrated personnel that constitute the AMRL centrifuge panel. No correlation was noted between blackout and pulse rate, but correlation did exist between resting control and 5Gz pulse rates. An extensive number of anthropometric measurements, indices of physical fitness, and measurements made during other stress did not correlate with tolerance to headward Gz acceleration or with respiratory performance during Gz and Gx acceleration.

Descriptors:

• *PHYSICAL FITNESS
• *ACCELERATION TOLERANCE
• STRESS(PHYSIOLOGY)
• PULSE RATE
• RESPIRATION
• AVIATION PERSONNEL
• ANTHROPOMETRY
• CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
• RESPONSE(BIOLOGY)
• PHYSIOLOGY

Subject Categories:

• Stress Physiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE