[Visual–manual tracking after long spaceflight]. 2016


This study presents the results of the pre- and postflight clinical and physiological examination (CPE) and scientific experiment “Sensory Adaptation-2” carried out in Yu.A. Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center. There were examined 14 Russian cosmonauts, crewmembers of long-term international spaceflights ISS-28/29 to ISS 36/37, who were in microgravity from 159 to 195 days. Age of the cosmonauts was 35–50 years. Studies were conducted twice before space flight (baseline), and on days R+1(2), R+4(5), and R+8(9) after landing. In the study of visual–manual tracking (VMT), eye movements were recorded by the electrooculography method (EOG), hand movements - by a joystick using biological visual feedback (on the screen represented the current angle/position of a joystick). Examinations were conducted using computerized stimulation programs, which were presented on the screen of the hardware-software complex "Sensomotor". Examinations of the VMT took place in the dialog mode and included the following sections: a) EOG-calibration; b) visual-manual tracking within ±10° on the screen with blank background (smooth linear and sinusoidal movement of a point target with a frequency of 0.16 Hz in the vertical and horizontal directions). There were evaluated time, amplitude, and velocity characteristics of visual and manual tracking (VT and MT), including the effectiveness (EC) and gain (GC) coefficients which were calculated respectively, as the ratio of amplitude and velocity of the visual stimulus (target). A study of the vestibular function (VF) was performed before and after space flight using videooculography. There were assessed static torsion otolith–cervical–ocular reflex, dynamic vestibular–cervical–ocular reactions, vestibular reactivity, spontaneous eye movements. Study of VF in the first postflight has shown a sharp decrease (up to its complete absence) of static vestibular excitability (otolith reflex) accompanied by the increased dynamic reactivity of the vestibular system. Study of VTM has shown a significant decrease of gain and effectiveness/amplitud of VT in the first days postflight, as well as correlation between the parameters of VF and MT, between the VF and VT, and no found correlation between parameters of VF and MT. It was found that the conditions of space flight (microgravity) have a greater impact on the accuracy of the VT than the accuracy of MT. Full return of characteristics of the VMT and VF to the baseline was observed on R+8(9) days after space flight.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D009068 Movement The act, process, or result of passing from one place or position to another. It differs from LOCOMOTION in that locomotion is restricted to the passing of the whole body from one place to another, while movement encompasses both locomotion but also a change of the position of the whole body or any of its parts. Movement may be used with reference to humans, vertebrate and invertebrate animals, and microorganisms. Differentiate also from MOTOR ACTIVITY, movement associated with behavior. Movements
D011597 Psychomotor Performance The coordination of a sensory or ideational (cognitive) process and a motor activity. Perceptual Motor Performance,Sensory Motor Performance,Visual Motor Coordination,Coordination, Visual Motor,Coordinations, Visual Motor,Motor Coordination, Visual,Motor Coordinations, Visual,Motor Performance, Perceptual,Motor Performance, Sensory,Motor Performances, Perceptual,Motor Performances, Sensory,Perceptual Motor Performances,Performance, Perceptual Motor,Performance, Psychomotor,Performance, Sensory Motor,Performances, Perceptual Motor,Performances, Psychomotor,Performances, Sensory Motor,Psychomotor Performances,Sensory Motor Performances,Visual Motor Coordinations
D004585 Electrooculography Recording of the average amplitude of the resting potential arising between the cornea and the retina in light and dark adaptation as the eyes turn a standard distance to the right and the left. The increase in potential with light adaptation is used to evaluate the condition of the retinal pigment epithelium. EOG,Electrooculograms,Electrooculogram
D005133 Eye Movements Voluntary or reflex-controlled movements of the eye. Eye Movement,Movement, Eye,Movements, Eye
D006225 Hand The distal part of the arm beyond the wrist in humans and primates, that includes the palm, fingers, and thumb. Hands
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013026 Space Flight Travel beyond the earth's atmosphere. Space Exploration,Space Travel,Spaceflight,Exploration, Space,Explorations, Space,Flight, Space,Flights, Space,Space Explorations,Space Flights,Space Travels,Spaceflights,Travel, Space,Travels, Space
D014722 Vestibule, Labyrinth An oval, bony chamber of the inner ear, part of the bony labyrinth. It is continuous with bony COCHLEA anteriorly, and SEMICIRCULAR CANALS posteriorly. The vestibule contains two communicating sacs (utricle and saccule) of the balancing apparatus. The oval window on its lateral wall is occupied by the base of the STAPES of the MIDDLE EAR. Vestibular Apparatus,Ear Vestibule,Vestibular Labyrinth,Vestibule of Ear,Vestibulum Auris,Apparatus, Vestibular,Ear Vestibules,Labyrinth Vestibule,Labyrinth Vestibules,Labyrinth, Vestibular,Labyrinths, Vestibular,Vestibular Labyrinths,Vestibule, Ear,Vestibules, Ear,Vestibules, Labyrinth

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