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To help astronauts to shake their legs after the landing: Medical Engineering Master student participates in NASA-Project

When astronauts return to earth after a trip to outer space, they experience irritations in their musculoskeletal system due to the long period in weightless surroundings.  Which processes the human brain has to manage and which counteractive measures can be found is the subject of a research project at the renowned Baylor College of Medicine in Houston/Texas (USA). Jasmin Stitz prospective graduate of the English Master degree programme “Medical Engineering” at the FH Upper Austria in Linz, is participating in this project with heir master thesis.