Deconditioning is adaptation of an organism to less demanding environment, or, alternatively, the decrease of physiological adaptation to normal conditions. Decondition may result from decreased physical activity, prescribed bed rest, orthopedic casting, paralysis, aging, etc. Bed rest is a Doctor's prescription to spend a longer period of time in bed An orthopedic cast is a shell frequently made from Plaster, encasing a limb (or in some cases large portions of the body to hold a broken Bone Paralysed redirects here For other uses see xx Paralysed (disambiguation Paralysis is the complete loss of Muscle function Ageing or aging (American English is the accumulation of changes in an organism [1][2] A particular interest in the study of deconditioning is in aerospace medicine, to diagnose, fight, and prevent adverse effects of the conditions of space flight. Aviation medicine, also called flight medicine or aerospace medicine, is a branch of preventive or Occupational medicine in which the patients/subjects Spaceflight is the use of Space technology to fly a Spacecraft into and through Outer space.
Deconditioning due to decreased physical effort results in muscle loss, including heart muscles. The heart is a muscular organ in all Vertebrates responsible for pumping Blood through the Blood vessels by repeated rhythmic
Deconditiong due to lack of gravity or non-standard gravity action (e. g. , during bed rest) results in anomal distribution of body fluids. Bed rest is a Doctor's prescription to spend a longer period of time in bed Bodily fluids listed below are found in the bodies of men and/or women [3]
References
- ^ McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
- ^ Thomas L. The McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science & Technology is an English-language multivolume Encyclopedia, specifically focused on scientific and technical subjects and Lenz (2007) " Lifestyle Modifications in Pharmacotherapy", ISBN 0781776511
- ^ Susan L. Woods (2004) "Cardiac Nursing", ISBN 078174718X, p. 921.
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