Detrimental Effects of Space Flight on the Lumbar Spine May Be Correlated to Baseline Degeneration: Insights From an Advanced MR Imaging Study
Our findings offer initial evidence indicating that even brief exposures to microgravity might be linked to biochemical alterations in IVDs and changes in the quality of PSMs, which could continue evolving for more than 3 months after returning from space.
Authors
- Rakan Bokhari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4157-1830)
- Maryse Fortin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1189-3591)
- Juan Pablo Cata (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3156-1682)
- Marie Vigouroux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0431-3317)
- Daniel G. Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4812-059X)
- Melissa Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3274-2653)
- Pablo Ingelmo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6888-0102)
- Guillermo Ceniza-Bordallo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3012-666X)
- Jean Ouellet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0092-4935)
- Ken-Pin Hwang
Institutions
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (US)
- King Abdulaziz University (SA)
- Montreal Children's Hospital (CA)
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- Anesthesiology and Surgical Oncology Research Group (US)
- McGill University (CA)
- Concordia University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Pain Research
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2147/jpr.s492600
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Spaceflight effects on biology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.33
Funders
- University of Pennsylvania
- Banco Santander
- Children's Hospital Foundation
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid
- Fondation de l'Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants