The proximal amplitude of the CMAP of the tibial nerve was significantly decreased at 42 days of HDT compared with the amplitude before HDT (6.14 ± 1.94 vs. The distal amplitude of the CMAP of the median nerve was significantly decreased at 7, 21, and 42 days of HDT compared with the amplitude before HDT (7.28 ± 1.27 vs. Results: The proximal amplitude of the CMAP of the median nerve was significantly decreased at 21 and 42 days of HDT compared with the amplitude before HDT (4.38 ± 2.83 vs. Analysis of variance with a randomized block design was conducted to compare the differences in the NCS before and 7, 21, and 42 days after the −6° HDT. Nerve conduction studies (NCSs) were performed on the median, ulnar, tibial, and fibular motor nerves.

Methods: Six rhesus monkeys (3–4 years old) were tilted backward 6° from the horizontal. This study investigated nerve conduction characteristics of rhesus monkeys before and after prolonged exposure to HDT. The −6° head-down tilt (HDT) comprises an experimental model used to simulate the space flight environment. It is concluded that a short term bed-rest reduces the CV of individual motor units without a significant effect on muscle force or on other electrophysiological parameters.īackground: Few studies have focused on peripheral nerve conduction during exposure to microgravity. Amplitude and power spectral parameters did not significantly change after the bed-rest period. Both global and single MU conduction velocity was observed to decrease by about 10% after the bed-rest period (p<0.05). Muscle fiber conduction velocity (CV) was estimated from each averaged MUAP template and from the global EMG signal. MUAP templates generated by the same motor unit could be retrieved before and after bed-rest period. Motor unit action potentials (MUAPs) of individual motor units were extracted from the interference EMG signals with a partial decomposition algorithm and averaged. Surface EMG signals were detected with linear electrode arrays from vastus medialis, vastus lateralis and tibialis anterior muscle during isometric voluntary contractions at 20% MVC.

Eight healthy young volunteers were studied before and immediately after the 14day periods of strict bed-rest. A short term bed-rest experiment was organized to simulate the effects of weightlessness for studying the adaptation to this condition. Space permanence simulations such as prolonged bed-rest can mimic some of the physiological modifications in the human body and provide study conditions that are more accessible than during space flight.

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