Treadmill exercise within lower-body negative pressure attenuates simulated spaceflight-induced reductions of balance abilities in men but not women

npj Microgravity

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Macaulay, Timothy R ^a   Macias, Brandon R ^a   Lee, Stuart M C ^b   Boda, Wanda L ^c   Watenpaugh, Donald E ^d   Hargens, Alan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WYLE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

BALANCE CONTROL; BALANCE TIME; EXERCISE CONTROL; GRAVITATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; NEGATIVE PRESSURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS; TREADMILL EXERCISE; WALK DISTANCES;

SPORTING GOODS;

EID: 85048009712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23738065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjmgrav.2016.22     Document Type: Article

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