LSU Health Shreveport to study the effects of B-52 missions

LSU Health Shreveport is joining forces with the Air Force to study the physical and cognitive effects of lengthy flights on B-52 aircrew members. Director of the Rehabilitation Science Program Dr. Cory Coehoorn said this is a first for LSU-Health and the Air Force Global Strike Command. “Our goal with this project is really to discover the potential issues that could be health-related and could compromise missions and things like that,” said Coehoorn. Coehoorn said they are excited about the study, and he anticipates the research project will take flight...