Bed Rest (IMAGE)

National Space Biomedical Research Institute

Bed Rest

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For five weeks, participants lie at a six-degree angle and leave the bed only when performing exercise training. In this position, subjects show physiologic changes similar to those expressed by astronauts in microgravity for long periods.

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