Long duration space travel to destinations such as Mars or an asteroid will expose astronauts to extended periods of reduced gravity. Astronauts will use an exercise regime for the duration of the space flight to minimize the loss of bone density, muscle mass and aerobic capacity that occurs during exposure to a reduced gravity environment. Since the area available in the spacecraft for an exercise device is limited and gravity is not present to aid loading, compact resistance exercise device prototypes are being developed. Since it is difficult to rigorously test these proposed devices in space flight, computational modeling provides an estimation of the muscle forces, joint torques and joint loads during exercise to gain insight on the efficacy to protect the musculoskeletal health of astronauts.


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    Title :

    Computational Modeling Using OpenSim to Simulate a Squat Exercise Motion


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Space Radiation Investigators'' Workshop and Behavioral Health and Performance Working Group ; 2015 ; Galveston, TX, United States
    NASA Human Research Program Investigators'' Workshop: Integrated Pathways to Mars ; 2015 ; Galveston, TX, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-01-13


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

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    Language :

    English




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