Photo Caption: Researchers study the effects
of flying at high altitudes at the Oklahoma State University Center for
Aerospace & Hyperbaric Medicine. Also pictured is a dive chamber used
for treatment of chronic
wounds.
OSU Hyperbaric Center To Study Effects of Altitude
Determination of how cabin altitude and mild exercise affect the comfort and well being of airplane passengers is the goal of a study this fall being conducted by the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences Center for Aerospace and Hyperbaric Medicine and The Boeing Company.
The study seeks healthy volunteers ages 21 to 75 that have flown on commercial airlines within the past five years, to participate. It will be conducted at Tulsa Technology Center Alliance Building on Riverside Campus, 801 E. 91st Street in Tulsa. Study subjects will participate in a two-hour briefing on one day, and take part in a 24-hour session that includes a 20-hour simulated “flight” to an altitude between sea level and 8,000 feet in a research altitude chamber (similar to a passenger cabin in an airplane).
Some participants between the ages 21 to 60 will be asked to perform mild exercise (walking on a treadmill) during 10-minute segments of the “flight,” for a total of nine different times during the flight. Participants will receive financial compensation for the chamber flight. Participants will undergo a screening to qualify.
For more information about the study, call 918-828-4288, call toll free 1-866-497-6942 or email rrwilliams@chs.okstate.edu.
Story contact: Marla Schaefer, 918.699.8711