Recovery of the locomotor function after prolonged microgravity exposure. I. Head-trunk movement and locomotor equilibrium during various tasks

Experimental Brain Research

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-99

  Courtine, Grégoire ^a   Pozzo, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Head; Kinematics; Locomotion; Microgravity; Trunk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MOVEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMONAUT; GAIT; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; LONG DURATION; MANNED; MIR PROJECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CUES; GAIT; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; NECK MUSCLES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 4444358540     PISSN: 00144819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00221-004-1877-2     Document Type: Article

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