Simon Fraser University’s Aerospace Physiology Laboratory and The University of North Dakota extend special thanks to all students, support personnel, volunteers, and professional Astronauts, such as Astronaut Sultan Al Neyadi (shown), for their contributions to our ongoing CARDIOBREATH research. #cardiobreath, #CSA, #SFUAPL, #UofNorthDakota, #TheLongestArabSpaceMission #SultanAlNeyadi

CARDIOBREATH utilizes wearable tech to better understand the effects of weightlessness on astronauts’ health, which may also help us understand how to rehabilitate patients after long hospital stays. https://ow.ly/bJzK50PIyAI,

CARDIOBREATH: Diving into Astronaut Health

SFU is proud to contribute to this new research project where select astronauts will don the CSA Astroskin allowing real-time measurement of blood pressure, respiration, and other physiological parameters.

This study will:

Investigate how astronauts' cardiovascular and respiratory systems interact with their blood pressure control systems
Track these interactions in space to show the deconditioning that weightlessness can cause
Compare data from male and female astronauts to shed light on whether their cardiorespiratory systems adapt to space flight in different ways

Principal investigator: Dr. Andrew Blaber, Simon Fraser University APL Team
Co-investigator: Dr. Kouhyar Tavakolian, University of North Dakota Team

Full details can be found here and here: