The Importance of Impact Loading and the Stretch Shortening Cycle for Spaceflight Countermeasures

Pronounced muscle and bone losses indicate that the musculoskeletal system suffers substantially from prolonged microgravity. A likely reason for these detrimental adaptations in the lower extremity is the lack of impact loading and the difficulty to apply large loading forces on the human body in m...

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Main Authors: Markus Gruber, Andreas Kramer, Edwin Mulder, Jörn Rittweger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2019.00311/full