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Aviation Biophysics and Medicine - Research Unit

		La Scuola di Volo dell’Aero Club di Catania, da sempre, forma allievi piloti in grado di svolgere la loro futura attività con elevate competenze e professionalità. Per affinare il raggiungimento di tali obiettivi, su autorizzazione dell'Ente Nazionale Aviazione Civile (ENAC) con nota del 26 aprile 2022, ha attivato una Unità di Ricerca in Biofisica e Medicina Aeronautica, avente come oggetto di studio il comportamento di Organi ed Apparati prima, durante e dopo una missione di volo. L'Unità è coordinata dal Prof. Guido Li Volsi, fisiologo ed esperto in Biofisica delle membrane eccitabili. Tali studi rientrano, in una tematica più ampia, cioè quella relativa al Fattore Umano in Aviazione, laddove il pilota è l’elemento cardine sia nel suo rapporto con il velivolo che, insieme al suo velivolo, con l’ambiente circostante, l’aria, dove egli naviga secondo coordinate che investono i tre assi cartesiani. Più in particolare, gli esperimenti attualmente in corso hanno lo scopo di approfondire la variabilità della funzione cardiaca in allievi piloti durante il periodo di addestramento al pilotaggio. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Flying School of the Aero Club of Catania has always trained student pilots to carry out their future activities with high levels of competence and professionalism. To further refine the achievement of these objectives, with authorisation from the Italian Civil Aviation Authority (ENAC) in a note dated 26 April 2022, it has established a Research Unit in Biophysics and Aeronautical Medicine, focusing on the study of the behaviour of organs and systems before, during, and after a flight mission. The Unit is coordinated by Professor Guido Li Volsi, a physiologist and expert in the biophysics of excitable membranes. These studies fall within a broader theme, namely that of the Human Factor in Aviation, where the pilot is the central element—both in their relationship with the aircraft and, together with the aircraft, with the surrounding environment, the air, through which they navigate according to coordinates involving the three Cartesian axes. More specifically, the experiments currently underway aim to investigate variations in cardiac function in student pilots during their flight training period.
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