Musculoskeletal injuries and minor trauma in space: Incidence and injury mechanisms in U.S. astronauts

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-124

  Scheuring, Richard A ^a   Mathers, Charles H ^b   Jones, Jeffrey A ^a   Wear, Mary L ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Astronaut; Contusion; Dislocation; EVA; Injury; Laceration; NASA; Sprain; Strain

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CONTUSION; COSMONAUT; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; LACERATION; MALE; MUSCLE STRAIN; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; SPACE FLIGHT; SPRAIN; SURGEON;

ADULT; ASTRONAUTS; BACK INJURIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOT INJURIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849155040     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2270.2009     Document Type: Article

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