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SUBMITTER: Koy T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5601258 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions 20170901 3
<h4>Objectives</h4>Spaceflight back pain and intervertebral disc (IVD) herniations cause problems in astronauts. Purpose of this study was to assess changes in T2-relaxation-time through MRI measurements before and after head-down tilt bed-rest, a spaceflight analog.<h4>Methods</h4>8 men participated in the bed-rest study. Subjects remained in 6° head down tilt bed-rest in two campaigns of 21 days, and received a nutritional intervention (potassium bicarbonate 90 mmol/d) in a cross-over design. ...[more]