GLG 598/490 xxxSpring '00
Emily Holton, NASA Ames
NEUROVESTIBULAR MAJOR FINDINGS
Space adaptation syndrome
- Increased reliance on touch and sight for vertical alignment of the body early in flight
- Later in flight, down is where the feet are (internal alignment)
- Postflight: postural instability-- reinterpret cues
- Postflight: slowed reflexes associated with posture and gait
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