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Load variation influences on joint work during squat exercise in reduced gravity
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Guilliams, Mark E. DeWitt, John K. Logan, Rachel L. Fincke, Renita S. Ploutz-Snyder, Lori L. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Resistance exercises that load the axial skeleton, such as the parallel squat, are incorporated as a critical component of a space exercise program designed to maximize the stimuli for bone remodeling and muscle loading. Astronauts on the International Space Station perform regular resistance exercise using the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED). Squat exercises on Earth entail moving a portion of the body weight plus the added bar load, whereas in microgravity the body weight is 0, so all load must be applied via the bar. Crewmembers exercising in microgravity currently add approx.70% of their body weight to the bar load as compensation for the absence of the body weight. This level of body weight replacement (BWR) was determined by crewmember feedback and personal experience without any quantitative data. The purpose of this evaluation was to utilize computational simulation to determine the appropriate level of BWR in microgravity necessary to replicate lower extremity joint work during squat exercise in normal gravity based on joint work. We hypothesized that joint work would be positively related to BWR load. |
| File Size | 65841 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110008225 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2896641z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Aerospace Medicine Physical Exercise Musculoskeletal System Space Programs Gravitation Simulation Feedback Body Weight Muscles Astronauts Microgravity Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |