title: [Space flight/bedrest immobilization and bone. Development a devise to maintain the skeletal muscles in space].
abstract: We have developed a "hybrid training system" (HTS) that is designed to maintain the musculoskeletal system of astronauts by using an electrically stimulated antagonist to resist the volitional contraction of agonist muscles in weightlessness. In other words, electrical stimulation generates a resistive force instead of gravity. HTS will become a useful back-up for the standard training device in the International Space Station, or a useful training device in the small space ship for the exploration of the Moon and Mars.
authors.affiliation: Kurume University Rehabilitation Center, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shiba
authors.forename: Hiroo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuse
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nago
authors.forename: Omoto
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Masayuki
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tagawa
mesh_terms: D001510:Bed Rest; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000378:metabolism*; D015444:Exercise; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness / Q000009:adverse effects