Being paid 18,000 euros to stay lying down for two months: this is what this Toulouse institute offers
Through Quentin Marais
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Stay two months lying down to advance space research. This is what the Institute of Spatial Medicine and Physiology (MEDES) of Toulouse, for the spring of 2023. Several months ago, another experimentation of this establishment also involved guinea pigs to be horizontal, in a bathtubfor five days.
“A simulation of the imposing”
Who says new year says new perspectives for MEDS. The establishment will launch, in the spring, a clinical study of simulation of weightlessness. “An extraordinary study”, carried out for the CNES and the European Space Agency. “Research on the ground continues to prepare for future long-duration spaceflight,” adds MEDES.
88 days of hospitalization
How will this study unfold? The Institute explains that it will involve “healthy male volunteers, ready to go to bed for two months and testing artificial gravity and recumbent bicycle exercise as prevention methods.”
The study is also called SPACER, for Bed rest with artificial gravity and cycling exercise.
“As part of a clinical study carried out at the request of the space agencies (CNES and ESA), we are recruiting male volunteers, aged 20 to 45, to participate in a compensated study of 88 days, including 60 days lying down – 6° of inclination, i.e. with the head lower than the feet. Post-bed and recovery measurements.”
How to participate ?
Carried out in the premises of the Toulouse Space Clinic, from April 4 to July 4, 2023, this study will bring together 12 volunteers for this first part. MEDES warns that several selection criteria must be met:
- Male 20-45 years old
- In perfect health, without medical treatment
- Non-smoker
- Body Mass Index between 20 and 27 kg/m²
- Measurer between 1m58 and 1m90
- Practice a regular sporting activity
- Do not have any allergies or dietary restrictions
The study is compensated up to 18,000 euros. To apply, visit this link.
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