A versatile and simple to use biomedical instrumentation for noninvasive examinations of cosmonauts at the Russian MIR space station was developed. It consists of a comfortable sensor jacket to assess signals from the body surface, a precision hand dynamometer to produce muscular and cardiovascular loads, and a small interactive microprocessor unit that controls the examination and stores measurement data. The sensor jacket includes highly sensitive piezo-resistive accelerometers, pulse sensors, an ECG system, and a skin-mountable mechanical vibrator. The functionality of this instrumentation was evaluated during long-term space flights and also proved very useful in laboratory and clinical studies.


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    Title :

    Instrumentation for assessment of tremor, skin vibrations, and cardiovascular variables in MIR space missions


    Additional title:

    Instrumentierung zur Erfassung von Tremor, Hautvibrationen und kardiovaskulären Variablen bei den russischen MIR-Raumflügen


    Contributors:
    Gallasch, E. (author) / Rafolt, D. (author) / Moser, M. (author) / Hindinger, J. (author) / Eder, H. (author) / Wiesspeiner, G. (author) / Kenner, T. (author)

    Published in:

    Publication date :

    1996


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 8 Quellen




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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