Hypergravity resistance exercise: The use of artificial gravity as potential countermeasure to microgravity

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1879-1887

  Yang, Yifan ^a   Baker, Michael ^a   Graf, Scott ^a   Larson, Jennifer ^a   Caiozzo, Vincent J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Human centrifuge; Space; Space Cycle; Spaceflight; Squats

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINEMATICS; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; ARTHROMETRY, ARTICULAR; BIOMECHANICS; CENTRIFUGATION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOT; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; HYPERGRAVITY; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS; WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 35649018606     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00772.2007     Document Type: Article

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