Understanding the effects of spaceflight on head-trunk coordination during walking and obstacle avoidance

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 165-172

  Madansingh, S ^a   Bloomberg, J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bed rest; En bloc; Head trunk coordination; Latency; Unloading; Vestibular somatosensory convergence

Indexed keywords

LOCKS (FASTENERS); MANNED SPACE FLIGHT;

BED RESTS; EN BLOC; HEAD-TRUNK COORDINATION; LATENCY; SOMATOSENSORY;

UNLOADING;

EID: 84930621408     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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