Study tests novel way to avoid muscle loss

By Sally Wardle
Updated April 16 2019 - 1:33pm, first published 1:27pm
Volunteers will spend 30 minutes per day strapped to a human centrifuge.
Volunteers will spend 30 minutes per day strapped to a human centrifuge.

Patients could one day be spun around in machine which simulates the effects of gravity to prevent muscle wastage during long hospital stays.

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