Telemetric lumbar cerebrospinal fluid pressure monitoring for spaceflight: a novel approach to spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome research
Anders Eklund, Tomas Bäcklund, Michael A. Williams, Jan Malm · 2026
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Description
Long spaceflights can swell pressure inside the skull and damage astronauts' eyes, a problem called spaceflight-associated neuro-ocular syndrome. Measuring that pressure in orbit has been nearly impossible. Anders Eklund and co-authors evaluated a telemetric sensor that tracks spinal fluid pressure from the lower back in 2026, as a stand-in for skull pressure. The device underestimated pressure somewhat and could not resolve pulse detail, but it stayed stable over the long term. The team recommends it for studying the syndrome on future missions.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Anders Eklund, Tomas Bäcklund, Michael A. Williams, Jan Malm |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |