Tandem Walk in Simulated Martian Gravity and Visual Environment

• Published in: Brain sciences Vol. 12; no. 10; p. 1268
• Main Authors: Rosenberg, Marissa J., Koslovsky, Matthew, Noyes, Matthew, Reschke, Millard F., Clément, Gilles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 20.09.2022; MDPI
• Subjects: Astronauts; Balance; Computer applications; Gait; Gravity; Immobilization; Life Sciences; Mars; Martian gravity; Moon; Motion sickness; Neurons and Cognition; Posture; Review boards; Space flight; spatial disorientation; tandem walk; Vestibular system; Virtual reality; Visual stimuli; Walking; Weightlessness; spatial disorientation; Martian gravity; virtual reality; tandem walk

Astronauts returning from long-duration spaceflights experience visual-vestibular conflicts that causes motion sickness, perceptions that the environment is moving when it is not, and problems with walking and other functional tasks. To evaluate whether astronauts will have similar decrements after...