Back Pain in Space Has Origins on Earth - Research on Aging

7/12/2012; 55 minutes

Join professor Alan Hargens as he explores how gravity affects the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems of humans and animal and how that applies to treating back pain. Professor Alan Hargens is the director of the Orthopaedic Clinical Physiology Lab at UC San Diego. He previously served as Chief of the Space Physiology Branch and Space Station Project Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. (#23252)

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