Muscle fiber atrophy is shown to be induced in human m.vastus lateralis even during short duration spaceflight. A study carried out to evaluate the effects of long duration spaceflight on human skeletal muscle fiber characteristics is reported on. Muscle fiber size and capillary supply were measured in samples obtained from the m.vastus lateralis of astronauts before and after a long duration flight. Most of the astronauts performed more than 80 percent of the recommended exercise training loads in terms of volume and intensity. Very slight fiber changes were found in fiber size and muscle capillary supply indices. It is concluded that the main factor which maintained fiber characteristics in the astronauts was the exercise measures taken by them.


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    Title :

    Fibre Size and Capillary Supply in Human M.vastus Lateralis after Long-Duration Spaceflight: Effects of Countermeasure Exercise Training



    Publication date :

    1996-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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