Space medicine · International Space Station
Muscle atrophy
Human spaceflight
Overview
Without gravity to work against, muscles weaken in space; resistance exercise aboard stations helps crews maintain strength.
Knowledge connections
- Science supported byInternational Space Station
- Mitigated byResistive Exercise
- Mitigated byAerobic Exercise
- Mitigated byIn-Flight Nutrition
- Mitigated byArtificial Gravity
- Member of groupSpace Medicine
- Associated withInternational Space Station
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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