@conference{
author = "Babić, Nikola and Trajkov, Marija and Popović Maneski, Lana",
year = "2023",
abstract = "Neuromuscular electrical stimulation has the potential to address various effects experienced in astronautics, such as preventing muscle strength loss, cardiovascular and respiratory deconditioning, and reduced bone resorption under unloaded conditions. Current preventive approaches in this field include dietary interventions, hormone usage, and exercise regimes. Different rehabilitation techniques have been employed to modulate neuromuscular activity, including electrical stimulation (ES), neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NEMS), transcutaneous electrical neural stimulation (TENS), and functional electrical stimulation (FES).
In recent decades, terrestrial exercise conditions have increasingly incorporated the use of suits that enhance voluntary muscular contraction through electrical evoked potentials. Advancements in technology, such as smaller stimulators, multi-channel stimulation, wireless capabilities, dry electrodes, and adjustable impulses characteristics, could enhance the benefits and practicality of neuromuscular electrical stimulation in microgravity circumstances.
This narrative review article provides a comprehensive summation of the types and methods of neuromuscular electrical stimulation used to mitigate the negative effects of prolonged exposure to low gravity.",
publisher = "s.l. : s.n.",
journal = "PTRM2023 Congress : 6th World Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine, October 4-5, Rome-Italy",
title = "Neuromuscular electrical stimulation in astronautics",
url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_16164"
}