A32 Hybrid training as a countermeasure for disuse atrophy and induced vibration of ISS

Abstract

Musculoskeletal system degenerates due to microgravity environment in ISS. Crews are obligated to exercise using the instrument apparatus for countermeasure. These apparatus are a large size and it takes much time for exercise. In order to overcome these problems, our research group proposed a hybrid training (HYBT) using electrical stimulation. In this paper, we evaluated the following influence caused by the HYBT of upper and lower limbs in the microgravity: rotational motions of human body floating in ISS; acceleration of Japanese Experiment Module (JEM). The simulated results showed that the supposed HYBT on crews did not disturb the microgravity environment.