Countermeasure · Space Medicine
Aerobic Exercise
Crews run on a harness-tethered treadmill and pedal a cycle ergometer for hours each week to keep the heart and muscles conditioned against the deconditioning of weightlessness.
Mitigates
The physiological effects this countermeasure targets.
Studied aboard & related
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupSpace Medicine
- MitigatesCardiovascular Deconditioning
- MitigatesMuscle atrophy
- Associated withInternational Space Station
Sources
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- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
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