Published on December 9, 2017
This course will highlight the challenges to translating astronaut biomedical data to evidence for human skeletal health risks and performance. It is the probability of fractures, and the detection of osteoporotic bone(s), – that will drive the requirement for countermeasures, the type of countermeasures, and timing of the intervention. However, after 40 years of studying bone loss in space, there is still a requirement for more data. To paraphrase a common sentiment: when will we know when the data are “good enough?”
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