Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
This abstract describes development work performed on the NASA Digital Astronaut Project Muscle Model. Muscle atrophy is a known physiological response to exposure to a low gravity environment. The DAP muscle model computationally predicts the change in muscle structure and function vs. time in a reduced gravity environment. The spaceflight muscle model can then be used in biomechanical models of exercise countermeasures and spaceflight tasks to: 1) develop site specific bone loading input to the DAP bone adaptation model over the course of a mission; 2) predict astronaut performance of spaceflight tasks; 3) inform effectiveness of new exercise countermeasures concepts.
Keywords:
Aerospace Medicine
Type:
GRC-E-DAA-TN20325
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2015 Human Research Program Investigators'' Workshop; Jan 13, 2015 - Jan 15, 2015; Galveston, TX; United States
Format:
application/pdf
