Recent content by BransonMO

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The vertebrae positions are in a legend below the figure. They are: lumbar (1-5, lowest on the spine), thoracic (6-17, middle of spine) and cervical (18-25, highest on spine) Thus, it shows that the spinal decompression/elongation is greatest in the thoracic discs in the micro-gravity...

The increasing thickness (#s are > 0) represents spinal disc expansion. This would be expected in the weight of gravity were taken off the spine as in microgravity (white dots). My reasoning is that when suspended by rope/wires in normal G (black dots) the 2 opposing forces, weight and Tension...

I am trying to compare an experiment on spinal changes due to zero-g in astronauts. Researchers simulated zero-g spinal elongation by suspending human subjects so that no part of their body touched the ground. This figure shows the % change in disc thickness for each subject compared to data...