Therapeutic Benefits of Short-Arm Human Centrifugation in Multiple Sclerosis-A New Approach.

ABSTRACT: Short-arm human centrifugation (SAHC) is proposed as a robust countermeasure to treat deconditioning and prevent progressive disability in a case of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Based on long-term physiological knowledge derived from space medicine and missions, artificial gravity training seems to be a promising physical rehabilitation approach toward the prevention of musculoskeletal decrement due to confinement and inactivity. So, the present study proposes a novel infrastructure based on SAHC to investigate the hypothesis that artificial gravity ameliorates the degree of disability. The patient was submitted to a 4-week training programme including three weekly sessions of 30 min of intermittent centrifugation at 1.5-2 g. During sessions, cardiovascular, muscle oxyg

SUBMITTER: Kourtidou-Papadeli C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8764123 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature