Timeline for Would a broken arm/ leg be more painful in zero gravity?
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| Dec 16, 2021 at 10:10 | comment | added | Peter - Reinstate Monica | @CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking In the same vein: All I ask for is a chance to prove that money can't buy happiness :-) | |
| Dec 16, 2021 at 9:13 | comment | added | CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking | @Jens "Break a Leg"? I'm an engineer not an actor! ;-) | |
| Dec 16, 2021 at 9:07 | comment | added | Jens | @CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking Then I suggest we break your legs where the symmetry should be less pronounced :-) In zero g, legs are a nuisance anyway. With working arms, you can be productive. | |
| Dec 15, 2021 at 23:16 | comment | added | Mazura | According to the answers the problem is inflammation gets worse in zero-g. IIRC with the three bones I've broken, inflammation doesn't last more than a few days, if that. Been in a cast for a week? not going to be fun on the way up. Broke it 24h ago? Not fun times two. Breaking a bone is three seconds of agony until it's manageable. The bumpy car ride to the hospital, not so much. After about a week it only hurts if you bang it on something. | |
| Dec 15, 2021 at 17:50 | comment | added | CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking | @Jens that's actually not a very good control. Humans have a huge asymmetry in the nociceptor sensitivity between the "on" arm and the "off" arm. I'm righthanded, so a break in the left will hurt a lot more. (the "on" arm feels the pain clearer and more accurately, but is better able to handle it, so it "hurts" less. Yes, human nervous systems are weird!!). Experiment. Punch the brick wall with your off hand. feel the pain. Now punch it with your on hand. Even though stronger, hitting harder, it will hurt less. Being the On hand, it is "expecting* to get hurt, and handles it better | |
| Dec 15, 2021 at 16:47 | comment | added | Jens | @CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking We'd also need to break your other (control) arm on the pad for a scientific study into the "more painful" part of the question. | |
| Dec 15, 2021 at 11:04 | comment | added | Display Name | I am just wondering whether this experiment should have been carried out by Unit 731. | |
| Dec 14, 2021 at 12:37 | comment | added | Jörg W Mittag | BTW, the effects of zero-G on wound healing have been explored in season 3 of the TV series The Expanse. (Probably the books, too, but I have not read them.) | |
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| Dec 13, 2021 at 20:49 | comment | added | J... | The pain would be the least of your worries. | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 19:45 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Related (fractures in space mice) pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29475520 | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 19:34 | answer | added | Woody | timeline score: 36 | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 19:12 | answer | added | user3067860 | timeline score: 16 | |
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| Dec 13, 2021 at 17:12 | comment | added | Organic Marble | Related space.stackexchange.com/q/17480/6944 | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 15:50 | answer | added | Anton Hengst | timeline score: 11 | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 12:39 | comment | added | Amazon Dies In Darkness | @CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking You got a deal. But you'll need someone to break your arm, so I guess I'll have to go too. :) | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 12:10 | comment | added | CuteKItty_pleaseStopBArking | Should be less painful(because no stress on the bone) but also heal less well,and much weaker join(because no stress on bone). I volunteer for experiment, fly me up to ISS and break my arm to check. | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 12:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackSpaceExp/status/1470362951697764352 | ||
| Dec 13, 2021 at 11:56 | answer | added | Fred | timeline score: 20 | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 11:13 | comment | added | GdD | Related: space.stackexchange.com/questions/2461/… | |
| Dec 13, 2021 at 11:04 | comment | added | GdD | I don't think anyone has ever broken a bone in zero gravity, so I'm not sure if anyone really knows. | |
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| S Dec 13, 2021 at 10:14 | history | asked | Axe | CC BY-SA 4.0 |