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Neurovestibular Symptoms in Astronauts Immediately after
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- The human brain in space: a meta-analysis of neuroimaging evidence.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Pooled it
- Stance and Gait Analysis of Apollo Astronauts on the Moon.Muscle & nerve · 2026Article
- Spaceflight alters molecular networks linked to diverse human diseases in a single cellular model.Science advances · 2026Article
- Effects of short-duration spaceflight on the execution of critical mission tasks.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Potential benefits and human systems integration of parastronauts with bilateral vestibulopathy for a space mission.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Review
- Development of a ground-based sensorimotor disorientation analog to replicate astronaut postflight experience.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- The ground reaction force pattern during walking under vestibular-demanding task with/without mastoid vibration: implication for future sensorimotor training in astronauts.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Paving the way to better understand the effects of prolonged spaceflight on operational performance and its neural bases.NPJ microgravity · 2023Review
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- Cognitive and balance functions of astronauts after spaceflight are comparable to those of individuals with bilateral vestibulopathy.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Back to the future-revisiting Skylab data on ocular counter-rolling and motion sickness.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Article
- Review
- Tandem Walk in Simulated Martian Gravity and Visual Environment.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Cardiovascular autonomic nervous system responses and orthostatic intolerance in astronauts and their relevance in daily medicine.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Review
- Mission-critical tasks for assessing risks from vestibular and sensorimotor adaptation during space exploration.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Article
- Impaired Attentional Processing During Parabolic Flight.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Anticipatory and compensatory postural adjustments in response to loading perturbation of unknown magnitude.Experimental brain research · 2019Article
- Changes in gain of horizontal vestibulo-ocular reflex during spaceflight.Journal of vestibular research : equilibrium & orientation · 2019Article
- Ocular Counter Rolling in Astronauts After Short- and Long-Duration Spaceflight.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectives(1) To assess vestibular changes and related sensorimotor difficulties, especially instability of posture and gait, among astronauts immediately after they return from space and to compare the effects experienced after short- and long-duration space missions. (2) To determine whether any difficulties experienced were severe enough to impair the astronauts' ability to leave the spacecraft in the event of an emergency. STUDY
designProspective cohort study.
settingNational Aeronautics and Space Administration's Kennedy Space Center and Johnson Space Center. SUBJECTS AND
methodsFourteen crewmembers of 3
resultsUnsteady walking and postural instabilities were observed after short- and long-duration missions. Motion sickness symptoms were observed after long-duration missions but not after short-duration missions. The symptom most frequently reported by the astronauts was an exaggerated perceived motion associated with sudden head movements during reentry and after landing.
conclusionThe severity of the observed abnormalities would limit the ability of crewmembers during the first 5 hours after landing and increase the time required to leave the spacecraft during this period.
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