adaptation of vestibular mediated head movement responses to unloaded treadmill walking.
Astronaut subjects showed mixed response of both increases and decreases in the amplitude of
head pitch movement. These results indicate that body load-sensing input centrally influences
vestibular input and can adaptively modify vestibular control of head-movement during
locomotion. Thus, spaceflight may cause central adaptation of the converging vestibular and
body load-sensing systems leading to alterations in head movement control (Mulavara 2012).
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Mulavara AP, Ruttley TM, Cohen HS, et al. Vestibular-somatosensory convergence in head
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Gibson CR, Mader TH, Schallhorn. Visual stability of laser vision correction in an astronaut on a
Soyuz Mission to the International Space Station. Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery.
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Kerstman, Scheuring, Barnes, DeKorse, Saile. Space adaptation back pain: A retrospective study.
Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2012;83(1):2-7. doi: 10.3357/ASEM.2876.2012.
Small, Oman CM, Jones. Space shuttle flight crew spatial orientation survey results. Aviation,
Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2012;83(4):383-387. doi: 10.3357/ASEM.3180.2012.
Snigiryova GP, Novitskaya NN, Fedorenko BS. Cytogenetic examination of cosmonauts for space
radiation exposure estimation. Advances in Space Research. August 15, 2012;50(4):502-507.
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Oganov VS, Grigoriev AI. Mechanisms of human osteopenia and some peculiarities of bone
metabolism in weightlessness conditions. Rossiĭskii fiziologicheskiĭ zhurnal imeni I.M.
Sechenova/Rossiĭskaia akademiia nauk. March 2012;98(3):395-409.
Hurst, IV, Whittam, Austin, Branson, Beck. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation during spaceflight:
Examining the role of timing devices. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine.
2011;82(8):810-813. doi: 10.3357/ASEM.2284.2011.
Matsumoto, Storch, Stolfi, Mohler, Frey, Stein. Weight loss in humans in space. Aviation, Space,
and Environmental Medicine. June 2011;82(6):615-621. doi: 10.3357/ASEM.2792.2011.
Smith SM, Zwart SR, McMonigal KA, Huntoon. Thyroid status of space shuttle crewmembers:
Effects of iodine removal. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine. 2011;82(1):49-51. doi:
10.3357/ASEM.2926.2011.