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Musculoskeletal injuries and minor trauma in space: incidence and injury mechanisms in U.S. astronauts.

Richard A RA Scheuring, Charles H CH Mathers, Jeffrey A JA Jones, and Mary L ML Wear

Aviat Space Environ Med 80(2):117-24 (2009) PMID 19198198

Astronauts have sustained musculoskeletal injuries and minor trauma in space, but our knowledge of these injuries is based mainly on anecdotal reports. The purpose of our study was to catalog and analyze all in-flight musculoskeletal injuries occurring throughout the U.S. space program to date.

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