The use of in-flight foot pressure as a countermeasure to neuromuscular degradation

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 42, Issue 1-8, 1998, Pages 231-246

  Layne, Charles S ^a   Mulavara, A P ^b   Pruett, C J ^b   McDonald, P V ^b   Kozlovskaya, I B ^c   Bloomberg, J J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b KRUG Life Sciences Inc   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARM; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; FOOT; HUMAN; LONG DURATION; MALE; MANNED; MIDDLE AGED; MIR PROJECT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ATROPHY; NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SHOE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

NASA DISCIPLINE MUSCULOSKELETAL; NON-NASA CENTER;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FOOT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PRESSURE; SHOES; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES;

EID: 0031598245     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(98)00120-9     Document Type: Article

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