Microgravity-induced skeletal muscle atrophy in women and men: implications for long-duration spaceflights to the Moon and Mars-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Microgravity-induced skeletal muscle atrophy in women and men: implications for long-duration spaceflights to the Moon and Mars

Published:2023-11-01 Issue:5 Volume:135 Page:1115-1119
ISSN:8750-7587
Container-title:Journal of Applied Physiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Journal of Applied Physiology

Author:

Trappe Todd A.¹^ORCID,Tesch Per²,Alkner Björn²,Trappe Scott¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Human Performance Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, United States

2. Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Abstract

This study adds to the limited evidence regarding sex-specific responses to real or simulated microgravity exposure, which collectively suggests a sex-specific muscle atrophy profile, with women losing more than men at least through the first 4 mo of weightlessness. Considering the increase in women being selected for space missions, including the first women to travel to the Moon, more physiological data on women in response to microgravity are needed.

Funder

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Swedish National Space Agency

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Subject

Physiology (medical),Physiology

Link

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/pdf/10.1152/japplphysiol.00412.2023

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