Exercise in Microgravity

Books

Biological and Medical Research in Space. Eds. D Moore, P Bie, H Oser Springer-Verlag, New York NY 1996

Reviews

Norman TL, Bradley-Popovich G, Clovis N, Cutlip RG, Bryner RW:
Related articles aerobic exercise as a countermeasure for microgravity-induced bone loss and muscle atrophy in a rat hindlimb suspension model.
Aviat Space Environ Med 71: 593-598 (2000)

Fitts RH, Riley DR, Widrick JJ:
Physiology of a microgravity environment invited review: microgravity and skeletal muscle.
J Appl Physiol 89: 823-839 (2000)

Riley DA:
Is skeletal muscle ready for long-term spaceflight and return to gravity?
Adv Space Biol Med 7: 31-48 (1999)

Stein TP, Leskiw MJ, Schluter MD, Hoyt RW, Lane HW, Gretebeck RE, LeBlanc AD:
Energy expenditure and balance during spaceflight on the spaceshuttle
Am J Physiol 276: R1739-1748 (1999)


Desplanches D:
Structural and funcional adaptions of skeletal muscle to weightlessness
Int J Sports Med 18 Suppl 4: S259-264 (1997)

Pagani M, Iellamo F, LuciniŽD, Pizzinelli P, Castruzzi F, Peruzzi G, Malliani A:
Adaptational changes in the neural control of cardiorespiratory function in a confined environment: the CNEC 3 experiment
Acta astronautica 36, 449-462 (1995)

Keywords

weightlessness, microgravity, space flight, muscle function, bed res, skeletal muscle


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