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  MINI REVIEW ARTICLE Front. Physiol., 13 August 2019 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2019.01031   Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation as a Potential Countermeasure for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Weakness During Human Spaceflight Nicola A. Maffiuletti, David A. Green, Marco Aurelio Vaz and Marlou L. Dirks Human Performance Lab, Schulthess Clinic, Zurich, Switzerland Space Medicine Team, HRE-OM, European Astronaut Centre, European Space Agency, Cologne, Germany KBRwyle, Wyle Laboratories GmbH, Cologne, Germany King’s College London, Centre for Human & Applied Physiological Sciences (CHAPS), London, United Kingdom Exercise Research Laboratory (LAPEX), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil Department of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom Human spaceflight is associated with a substantial loss of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength. Neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) evokes involuntary muscle contractions, which have the pot