Exercise in Space A Holistic Approach for the Benefit of Human Health on Earth /

This volume of the Series SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences summarizes the newest finding in the field of mental health and physiological exercise in Space. Currently two major challenges are impacting human health in the western societies, one being a move towards a sedentary society, the secon...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Schneider, Stefan. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29571-8
Table of Contents:
  • Motor skills
  • Adaptation of cartilage to immobilization
  • Influence of Weightlessness on Aerobic Capacity, Cardiac Output and Oxygen Uptake Kinetics
  • Enhancing mental health: Effects of exercise on social well-being and social ill-being
  • Neurocognitive and neuro-affective effects of exercise.