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Movement control in microgravity is complicated by several factors: changed physical properties of the body and extremities, functional proprioceptive deprivation due to reduction of the input from proprioceptors of postural muscles, and increased excitability of the motor control structures. These factors cause complex disturbances of co-ordination of aimed voluntary movements, which are known as hypogravitational ataxia (Kozlovskaya, 1988) and manifest by reduced accuracy and altered movement kinematics.
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Berger, M. et al. (1995). Influence of Short- and Long-Term Exposure to Real Microgravity on Kinematics of Pointing Arm Movements. In: Mergner, T., Hlavačka, F. (eds) Multisensory Control of Posture. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1931-7_43
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