Short-arm centrifugation as a partially effective musculoskeletal countermeasure during 5-day head-down tilt bed rest--results from the BRAG1 study.

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Human centrifugation, also called artificial gravity (AG), is proposed as a combined strategy against detrimental effects of microgravity in long-term space missions. This study scrutinized human short-arm centrifugation as countermeasure against musculoskeletal de-conditioning.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Eur. J. Appl. Physiol.

Title: European journal of applied physiology

Publisher: Springer Nature

ISSN (Electronic): 1439-6327

ISSN (Print): 1439-6319

Publication date (Electronic): Jun 2015

Volume: 115

Issue: 6

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[1 ] Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerosapce Center (DLR), Linder Höhe 1, 51147, Cologne, Germany, joern.rittweger@dlr.de.

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DOI: 10.1007/s00421-015-3120-1

PubMed ID: 25667067

SO-VID: 40cecd5f-61d2-4835-99c5-e8a6a840b6a5

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