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Reflex response changes during hyper and microgravity
T Sato1, T Miyoshi, K Nakazawa
1Motor Dysfunction Division, Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for the Disabled, Saitama, Japan.
Journal of Gravitational Physiology : a Journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology
|March 26, 2003
Abstract:
This paper reports the quantitative evaluation of the H-reflex exhibited by parabolic flight with exposure to micro and high-gravity. With respect to previous findings in parabolic flights and short-term space missions, the analysis focused on reflex activity in weightlessness. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of gravity on H-reflex and motor evoked potentials (MEP) in soleus muscle (SOL) during parabolic flight.