Update on the status of rehabilitative countermeasures to ameliorate the effects of long-duration exposure to microgravity on vestibular and sensorimotor function

Journal of Vestibular Research: Equilibrium and Orientation

Volumn 13, Issue 4-6, 2003, Pages 405-409

  Cohen, Helen S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Centrifuge; Countermeasures; Exercise; Microgravity; Motor learning; Rehabilitation; Spaceflight; Therapy; Variable practice; Vestibular; Vibrotactile

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; COSMONAUT; EXERCISE; EXPERIENCE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GRAVITY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROGRAVITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; TREATMENT PLANNING; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR STIMULATION;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; SENSATION DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 2342542444     PISSN: 09574271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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