Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Asthenia--does it exist in space?

N Kanas1, V Salnitskiy, V Gushin

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, and the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA. nick21@itsa.ucsf.edu

Psychosomatic Medicine
|November 24, 2001
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Widespread service fragmentation for patients and families with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) in the Republic of Ireland.

Journal of rare diseases (Berlin, Germany)·2024
Same author

Lense-Thirring frame dragging induced by a fast-rotating white dwarf in a binary pulsar system.

Science (New York, N.Y.)·2020
Same author

Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae - clinical and molecular perspectives.

Journal of internal medicine·2019
Same author

A single fast radio burst localized to a massive galaxy at cosmological distance.

Science (New York, N.Y.)·2019
Same author

Language development in deaf or hard-of-hearing children with additional disabilities: type matters!

Journal of intellectual disability research : JIDR·2018
Same author

HIV and viral hepatitis coinfection analysis using surveillance data from 15 US states and two cities.

Epidemiology and infection·2018
Same journal

Table of Contents.

Psychosomatic medicine·2025
Same journal

All Issue Ads.

Psychosomatic medicine·2024
Same journal

Cover.

Psychosomatic medicine·2024
Same journal

Author and Subject Index.

Psychosomatic medicine·2024
Same journal

VOLUME CONTENTS AND INDEX.

Psychosomatic medicine·2024
Same journal

Associations Between Sexual Orientation Dimensions and Cardiometabolic Diseases: Data From the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC-III).

Psychosomatic medicine·2024
See all related articles

Asthenia, a syndrome affecting cosmonauts, was not found in space using the Profile of Mood States (POMS). Further research is needed, incorporating physiological measures for a comprehensive understanding of space-related fatigue.

Area of Science:

  • Space Medicine
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Asthenia, historically known as neurasthenia, is a recognized concern for cosmonauts on long-duration space missions.
  • There is ongoing debate regarding the existence of asthenia in space, partly due to its absence in current American psychiatric diagnostic systems.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To empirically investigate the presence of asthenia in cosmonauts during space missions.
  • To compare cosmonaut self-reported symptoms with expert assessments.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of data from a 4.5-year NASA-funded study on crew interactions during the Shuttle/Mir program.
  • Utilized the Profile of Mood States (POMS) to identify eight items related to stage 1 asthenia.
  • Compared POMS scores from 13 Russian and American cosmonauts with ratings from six Russian space experts.
Keywords:
NASA Discipline Space Human FactorsNon-NASA Center

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Cosmonaut scores on seven of the eight asthenia items were significantly lower than expert scores.
  • Cosmonaut responses generally fell within the 'not at all' to 'a little' range.
  • No significant differences were found in scores before/after launch, across mission quarters, or between Russian and American crew members.

Conclusions:

  • The study could not confirm the presence of asthenia in space as operationally defined by the POMS.
  • The POMS may be limited as it assesses emotional but not physiological aspects of asthenia.
  • Future research should incorporate physiological measures and asthenia-specific assessments.