Countermeasure · Space Medicine
Resistive Exercise
Weightlifting in orbit. Devices such as the ISS's Advanced Resistive Exercise Device let crews load their bones and muscles against a resistance in place of gravity — the single most important countermeasure against bone and muscle loss.
Highlights
- ›The primary defence against bone and muscle loss
Mitigates
The physiological effects this countermeasure targets.
Studied aboard & related
Knowledge connections
- Member of groupSpace Medicine
- MitigatesBone density loss
- MitigatesMuscle atrophy
- Associated withInternational Space Station
- Associated withCrew & Life-Support Systems
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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