Crewmembers experience locomotor and postural instabilities during ambulation on Earth following their return from space flight. Gait training programs designed to facilitate recovery of locomotor function following a transition to a gravitational environment need to be accompanied by relevant assessment methodologies to evaluate their efficacy. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate the operational validity of two tests of locomotor function that were used to evaluate performance after long duration space flight missions on the International Space Station (ISS).


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    Title :

    Development of Testing Methodologies to Evaluate Postflight Locomotor Performance


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Seventh Symposium on the Role of the Vestibular Organs in Space Exploration ; 2006 ; Noordwijk, Netherlands


    Publication date :

    2006-06-07


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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