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ArticleExperimental physiology2026

Hypogravity simulation using the Variable Gravity Suspension System: A technical report.

Patrick Swain, Anthony Swain, Filipa Santos, Luke Hughes, Kirsty Lindsay, Ishbel Lomax, Claire Bruce-Martin, Nick Caplan

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Article in Experimental physiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Patrick SwainAerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9728-7578
Anthony SwainDepartment of Physics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Filipa SantosDepartamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Luke HughesAerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Kirsty LindsayAerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Ishbel LomaxAerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Claire Bruce-MartinAerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Nick CaplanAerospace Medicine and Rehabilitation Laboratory, Department of Sport, Exercise, and Rehabilitation, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human movement has evolved within Earth's gravitational environment (1 g; -9.81 m s

Indexed as

HypogravityWeightlessness SimulationBiomechanical PhenomenaGravitationHumansMovementSpace FlightWeightlessnessanalogueastronautbodyweight supporthypogravityMarsMoon

Identifiers

PMID40702716
PMCPMC13140345

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