月球和火星的重力会引起脊柱运动控制的类似变化,就像微重力一样
Jaap Swanenburg1,2,3, Christopher A Easthope4,5, Anita Meinke1
1Department of Chiropractic Medicine, Integrative Spinal Research ISR, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland.
Frontiers in physiology
|August 11, 2023
概括
宇航员在微重力,月球和火星条件下经历了脊柱硬的增加,可能会冒背部疼痛的风险. 需要采取对策,以减轻在太空探索期间的脊柱运动控制变化.
科学领域:
- 太空医学 太空医学
- 人体生理学 人体生理学
- 生物力学 生物力学
背景情况:
- 人类太空飞行需要理解生理适应变化的重力.
- 以前的研究表明,在微重力条件下,脊柱运动控制发生变化.
- 部分重力 (月球,火星) 对脊柱运动控制的影响仍然未知.
研究的目的:
- 在模拟的月球,火星和微重力条件下调查脊柱运动控制策略.
- 将这些策略与超重力和地球重力中观察到的策略进行比较.
主要方法:
- 测量了脊柱硬度,肌肉活动 (肌电图) 和腰部曲率.
- 在模拟的地球,月球,火星,微重力和两个超重力条件下进行了测量.
- 六名男性和六名女性参与了这项研究.
主要成果:
- 在微型,月球和火星重力条件下,脊柱硬度显著增加.
- 横腹肌活动下降,而psoas和multifidus活动发生变化.
- 在超重力条件下,脊柱度下降.
结论:
- 月球和火星的重力水平似乎不足以维持正常的脊柱运动稳定.
- 这些情况可能会增加宇航员的腰部疼痛和椎间盘问题风险.
- 开发对策对于长期太空任务至关重要.
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