Floating Astronauts in Water for Five Days Is Reshaping Rehab for Bedridden Patients
ESA floats volunteers in water covered by a waterproof sheet for days at a time, deliberately recreating how astronauts' bodies decline in orbit. Stripped of support, bones and muscles start wasting and fluid rushes to the head. The data from these tanks is becoming the blueprint for getting long-term bedridden patients back on their feet.