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Alterations in the intersegmental coordination of landing from a jump in a microgravity environment

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: During landing, the movements of the trunk, thigh, shank, and foot are tuned through a unidimensional synergy, identified as the vertical position of the center of mass. In microgravity, the coordination is overall less unidimensional and more variable compared with Earth's gravity, suggesting a suboptimal coordination. In lower microgravity levels, greater contribution of the foot and of the shank, and lower contribution of the thigh suggest an adjustment through a reweighting of sensory inputs.

Source: Journal of Applied Physiology

DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00511.2024

Authors: Thibaut D. Toussaint, Jean-Matthieu Pypaert, Clément N. Gambelli, Bénédicte Schepens

Institutions: UCLouvain, North-West University

Language: English

Topic: Spaceflight effects on biology

Subfield: Physiology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Funder: Ministère de l'Education Nationale, de l'Enseignement Superieur et de la Recherche

Award: G4202284646