| Name | The effect of changing gravity on spinal stiffness |
| Operational Nomenclature | Gravity and Spinal Stiffness |
| URL | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=SpinalStiffness_PARA |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ziazn91 |
| Platform | Parabolic Airplanes |
| HRE-E3P Category | Human Research |
| Mission | 71st ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign, 74th ESA Partial Gravity Parabolic Flight Campaign, 76th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign |
| Keywords | ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset |
| Team Coordinator Name | Jaap Swanenburg |
| Version | 1.0 |
| Team Members | SpinalStiffness_PARA |
| Publication | Jaap Swanenburg, Anke Langenfeld, Christopher A. Easthope, ML Meier, Oliver Ullrich, Petra Schweinhardt, 2020, Microgravity and Hypergravity Induced by Parabolic Flight Differently Affect Lumbar Spinal Stiffness, Frontiers in Physiology, 11, 1138, DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.562557 Jaap Swanenburg, Christopher A. Easthope, Anita Meinke, Anke Langenfeld, David Andrew Green, Petra Schweinhardt, 2023, Lunar and mars gravity induce similar changes in spinal motor control as microgravity, Frontiers in Physiology, 14, 1196929, Jack JWA van Loon, https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2023.1196929 |
| Temporal Coverage | 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z/2021-07-01T00:00:00Z |
| Mission Description | The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972. |
| Creator Contact | https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact |
| Date Published | 2025-11-09T11:33:32Z |
| Last Update | 2026-07-09 |
| Publisher And Registrant | European Space Agency |
| Credit Guidelines | European Space Agency, Jaap Swanenburg, 2025, 'Gravity and Spinal Stiffness', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-ziazn91 |
| Rights | Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license. |