An ambulatory biomechanical data collection system for use in space: Design and validation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 870-881

  Cavanagh, Peter R ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Raghavan ^b   Rice, Andrea J ^a   Genc, Kerim O ^a,c   Maender, Christian C ^d   Nystrom, Peter G ^d   Johnson, Micah J ^e   Kuklis, Matthew M ^b   Humphreys, Bradley T ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^d NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^e LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^f ZIN Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; EMG; Foot forces; Joint angles; Spaceflight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COSMONAUT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEG MOVEMENT; MICROGRAVITY; SPACE FLIGHT;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; CALIBRATION; DATA COLLECTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE SUITS;

EID: 70349567389     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2266.2009     Document Type: Article

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