Bedrest Study Update / ESA TV Exchanges on EbS / 01-02-2002
The next transmission of the ESA TV Service will be:
01-Feb-02 10:15 – 10:30 GMT
Bedrest Study Update
ESA TV Exchanges on EbS
Background information on the transmission:
Replay I: 1 Feb 02 19:45 – 20:00 GMT
Replay II: 2 Feb 02 08:15 – 08:30 GMT
Between September and December 2001, 28 volunteers participated in an unprecedented study on the long-term effects of weightlessness on the human body. It is actually possible to simulate some of these effects by confining the test subjects to a horizontal position, in a “bed rest” situation, with the head slightly downwards.
The main effects of prolonged weightlessness, which are weakening muscles, loss of bone mass, and disturbances in cardio-vascular circulation, can be simulated with such bed rest studies. Today’s transmission includes images from the preparation of the test subjects, from their daily life during the study itself, and from medical examinations performed to measure the effects of bed rest.
The first part of the bed rest study included 28 subjects, in two control groups to study various possible remedies to the negative effects. A second part of the bed rest study, with another group of 14 volunteers, is scheduled to start in March. The final results of the study will also be very useful for hospital treatment and rehabilitation of people suffering illness confining them to bed for weeks or months.
The 5-minute A-roll contains split audio wc}Ë an English guide track and is complemented by a B-roll with international sound only, including sound bites with ESA scientists. The script is on-line as of the day of transmission, as a PDF document under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS23650.pdf
This ESA TV Exchanges feed is transmitted by the European Commission’s “Europe by Satellite” (EbS) service. You can find the complete transmission schedule and download scripts and shot lists, also for ESA TV items, from the EbS Web site at http://europa.eu.int/comm/ebs/index.html
More background information can be found on http://www.medes.fr.
Transmission details:EUTELSAT HOT BIRD at 13° East (DVB/MPEG-2)
Horizontal, F=12,476 MHz (MCPC, Europe by Satellite)
SR=27,500 MS/sec, FEC=3/4
For further information, visit our website at http://television.esa.int. For other enquires, contact Claus Habfast, Tel +31 71 565 3838, Fax +31 71 565 6340, e-mail claus.habfast@esa.int.
