ArticleiScience2021
Teleguided self-ultrasound scanning for longitudinal monitoring of muscle mass during spaceflight.
Article in iScience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Optimizing healthcare in space: the role of ultrasound imaging in medical conditions.Journal of ultrasound · 2024Pooled it
- Spaceflight human optimization and performance: positioning astronauts in an operational framework to promote health, fitness, and mission readiness.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Ultrasound Biomicroscopy as a Novel, Potential Modality to Evaluate Anterior Segment Ophthalmic Structures during Spaceflight: An Analysis of Current Technology.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- Patient Self-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound: Using Communication Technologies to Empower Patient Self-Care.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Human skeletal muscle size with ultrasound imaging: a comprehensive review.Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) · 2022Review
- A look to the future: Pandemic-induced digital technologies in vascular surgery.Seminars in vascular surgery · 2021Review
- May the Force and Mass Be With You-Evidence-Based Contribution of Mechano-Biological Descriptors of Resistance Exercise.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Review
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Abstract
Loss of muscle mass is a major concern for long duration spaceflight. However, due to the need for specialized equipment, muscle size has only been assessed before and after spaceflight where ~20% loss is observed. Here, we demonstrate the utility of teleguided self-ultrasound scanning (Tele-SUS) to accurately monitor leg muscle size in astronauts during spaceflight. Over an average of 168 ± 57 days of spaceflight, 74 Tele-SUS sessions were performed. There were no significant differences between panoramic ultrasound images obtained by astronauts seven days prior to landing and expert sonographer after flight or between change in muscle size assessed by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. These findings extend the current capabilities of ultrasound imaging to allow self-monitoring of muscle size with remote guidance.
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