An 18-day spaceflight living facility simulation in rhesus monkeys caused atrophy and reduced peak power in specific skeletal muscle fiber types without altering maximal shortening velocity.
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Simulated spaceflight muscle deficits suggest primate countermeasures; hypothesis-generating and leaves open human cardiac or skeletal translation.
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