Journal of Skeletal Muscle
Open Access
Influence of Long-Term Space Flight on Mechanical Properties of the Human Triceps Surae Muscle: Electro Mechanical Delay and Musculo-Tendinous Stiffness
Sep 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2832-4048.jsm-17-1621
Yuri A. KoryakCorresponding author
The effects of long-term space flight on human triceps surae (TS) muscle function and electromechanical delay (EMD) have been investigated. Voluntary and electrically evoked contractions of the TS were obtained from 7 male cosmonauts 30 days before and 3 days after landing. For all cosmonauts the is…