We have proposed a novel method of using air pressure to apply an external axial force to the body, coincident with the body's center of mass, that has the potential of enabling Earth-equivalent musculoskeletal forces in space. By reversing the direction of the pressure differential, walking and running at reduced musculoskeletal levels are possible on Earth. We hypothesize that hypo- and hyper-g walking and running can be adequately simulated by this method of loading since gait is primarily governed by gravity acting at the center of mass and only secondarily by its distributed action on limb segments. We report here results from simulated hyper-g walking and running.


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    Titel :

    Simulation of Hypo-and Hyper-Gravity Locomotion


    Beteiligte:
    Whalen, R. T. (Autor:in) / Breit, G. A. (Autor:in) / Schwandt, D. (Autor:in) / Wade, Charles E. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    Biomedical Engineering Symposium ; 1994 ; Davis, CA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1994-01-01


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch