Selective skin sensitivity changes and sensory reweighting following short-duration space flight

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 683-692

  Lowrey, Catherine R ^b   Perry, Stephen D ^c   Strzalkowski, Nicholas D J ^a   Williams, David R ^d   Wood, Scott J ^e   Bent, Leah R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d SOUTHLAKE REGIONAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^e AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous; Microgravity; Sensory reweighting; Space flight; Vestibular; Vibration

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTANEOUS; FOOT; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MECHANORECEPTOR; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; MICROGRAVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY REWEIGHTING; SKIN; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME; TOUCH; VESTIBULAR; VIBRATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

CUTANEOUS; MICROGRAVITY; SENSORY REWEIGHTING; SPACE FLIGHT; VESTIBULAR; VIBRATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; FOOT; HUMANS; MECHANORECEPTORS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SKIN; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; TOUCH; VIBRATION; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 84901022858     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01200.2013     Document Type: Article

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