Arbeille P, Diridillou S, Herault S, Fomina G, Roumy J, Alferova I
Med. Physiol. Spatiale, CHU Trousseau, Tours, France.
J Gravit Physiol. 1999 Jul;6(1):P39-40.
Thigh cuffs, currently named "bracelets", consist of 2 straps fixed to the upper part of each thigh, applying a pressure of approximately 30 mmHg. Initially the thigh cuffs were designed and used to improve th comfort of the cosmonauts during their stay in zero g. Except a reduction of the "puffy face" aspect no other morphological nor hemodynamic significant change was reported even when the cosmonauts weared these thigh cuffs inflight for 10h per day during several weeks or months. The objective was to evaluate the distal arterial, venous and skin changes in a group of 8 subjects in HDT for 7 days and using thigh cuffs 8h during daytime, and in a control group also in HDT for 7d but not using cuff.
大腿袖带，目前称为“手环”，由固定在每条大腿上部的两条带子组成，施加约30 mmHg的压力。最初，大腿袖带的设计和使用是为了提高宇航员在零重力环境下停留期间的舒适度。除了减轻“脸部浮肿”外，即使宇航员在飞行中每天佩戴这些大腿袖带长达数周或数月，也未报告有其他形态学或血流动力学的显著变化。目的是评估一组8名受试者在7天的头低位倾斜试验（HDT）中，白天使用大腿袖带8小时时远端动脉、静脉和皮肤的变化，以及在另一对照组中同样进行7天HDT但不使用袖带时的变化。
