Bungee force level, stiffness, and variation during treadmill locomotion in simulated microgravity

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 449-455

  De Witt, John K ^a   Schaffner, Grant ^b   Ploutz Snyder, Lori L ^c  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Bungee force; Countermeasures; Exercise; Treadmill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS COUNTERMEASURES; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

EID: 84897477919     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.3217.2014     Document Type: Article

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