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1 Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030; 2 Musculoskeletal Laboratory, Johnson Space Center, NASA, Houston, Texas 77058; 3 Department of CT and MRI, Cardiology Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Moscow, Russia; and 4 Institute of Biomedical Problems, Ministry of Health, Moscow 121552, Russia
Postflight changes in muscle volume, calf muscle transverse relaxation time, and total body composition were measured in 4 crewmembers after a 17-day mission and in 14-16 crewmembers in multiple shuttle/Mir missions of 16- to 28-wk duration. During the 17-day mission, all muscle regions except the hamstrings significantly decreased 3-10% compared with baseline. During the shuttle/Mir missions, there were significant decreases in muscle volume (5-17%) in all muscle groups except the neck. These changes, which reached a new steady state by 4 mo of flight or less, were reversed within 30-60 days after landing. Postflight swelling and elevation of calf muscle transverse relaxation time persisted for several weeks after flight, which suggests possible muscle damage. In contrast to the 17-day flight, in which loss in fat, but not lean body mass, was found (25), losses in bone mineral content and lean body mass, but not fat, were seen after the longer shuttle/Mir missions. The percent losses in total body lean body mass and bone mineral content were similar at ~3.4-3.5%, whereas the pelvis demonstrated the largest regional bone loss at 13%.
bone; dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; microgravity; Mir space station; Spacelab; magnetic resonance imaging
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