Galvanic vestibular stimulation as an analogue of spatial disorientation after spaceflight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 535-542

  Moore, Steven T ^a   Dilda, Valentina ^a   MacDougall, Hamish G ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Microgravity; Reentry; Shuttle; Space adaptation syndrome; Vertical motion simulator

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MALE; SPACE FLIGHT; VESTIBULAR TEST; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

AEROSPACE MEDICINE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 79955516819     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2942.2011     Document Type: Article

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