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Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration
To properly assess the risk induced by vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during exploration missions, we examined how long-duration stays on the International Space Station affect functional performance after gravity transitions. Mission-critical tasks that challenge the balance and the locomot...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9733831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1029161 |
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author | Clément, Gilles Moudy, Sarah C. Macaulay, Timothy R. Bishop, Michael O. Wood, Scott J. |
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description | To properly assess the risk induced by vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during exploration missions, we examined how long-duration stays on the International Space Station affect functional performance after gravity transitions. Mission-critical tasks that challenge the balance and the locomotion control systems were assessed: i.e., sit-to-stand, recovery-from-fall, tandem-walk, and walk-and-turn. We assessed 19 astronauts, including 7 first-time flyers and 12 experienced flyers, before their flight, a few hours after landing, and then 1 day and 6–11 days later. Results show that adaptation to long-term weightlessness causes deficits in functional performance immediately after landing that can last for up to 1 week. No differences were observed between first-time and experienced astronaut groups. These data suggest that additional sensorimotor-based countermeasures may be necessary to maintain functional performance at preflight levels when landing on planetary surfaces after a long period in weightlessness. |
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spelling | pubmed-97338312022-12-10 Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration Clément, Gilles Moudy, Sarah C. Macaulay, Timothy R. Bishop, Michael O. Wood, Scott J. Front Physiol Physiology To properly assess the risk induced by vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during exploration missions, we examined how long-duration stays on the International Space Station affect functional performance after gravity transitions. Mission-critical tasks that challenge the balance and the locomotion control systems were assessed: i.e., sit-to-stand, recovery-from-fall, tandem-walk, and walk-and-turn. We assessed 19 astronauts, including 7 first-time flyers and 12 experienced flyers, before their flight, a few hours after landing, and then 1 day and 6–11 days later. Results show that adaptation to long-term weightlessness causes deficits in functional performance immediately after landing that can last for up to 1 week. No differences were observed between first-time and experienced astronaut groups. These data suggest that additional sensorimotor-based countermeasures may be necessary to maintain functional performance at preflight levels when landing on planetary surfaces after a long period in weightlessness. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-25 /pmc/articles/PMC9733831/ /pubmed/36505047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1029161 Text en Copyright © 2022 Clément, Moudy, Macaulay, Bishop and Wood. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Physiology Clément, Gilles Moudy, Sarah C. Macaulay, Timothy R. Bishop, Michael O. Wood, Scott J. Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
title | Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
title_full | Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
title_fullStr | Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
title_full_unstemmed | Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
title_short | Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
title_sort | mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration |
topic | Physiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9733831/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36505047 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.1029161 |
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