Walking in simulated Martian gravity: Influence of the portable life support system's design on dynamic stability

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Scott Pandorf, Melissa M ^a   O'Connor, Daniel P ^a   Layne, Charles S ^a   Josić, Krešimir ^b   Kurz, Max J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Floquet; Gait; Gravity; Load; Walk

Indexed keywords

FLOQUET; GAIT; GRAVITY; LOAD; WALK;

DESIGN; GAIT ANALYSIS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS;

STABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENGINEERING; FEMALE; GAIT; GRAVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT; KINEMATICS; LEG; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PORTABLE EQUIPMENT; PORTABLE LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM; WALKING; ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MICROCLIMATE; MICROGRAVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; HYPOGRAVITY; LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MALE; MARS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANETS; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956298303     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3148465     Document Type: Article

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