Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity
Microgravity poses a significant challenge for our neurovestibular and proprioceptive systems. Past spaceflight and parabolic research have shown degraded movement control upon microgravity exposure and adaptation of performance with time. However, most research does not address the functional, dyna...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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| author | Lin, Shu-Yu (Michelle) |
| author2 | Arquilla, Katya |
| author_facet | Arquilla, Katya Lin, Shu-Yu (Michelle) |
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| description | Microgravity poses a significant challenge for our neurovestibular and proprioceptive systems. Past spaceflight and parabolic research have shown degraded movement control upon microgravity exposure and adaptation of performance with time. However, most research does not address the functional, dynamic, whole-body movements we expect in spaceflight. In particular, as commercial microgravity experiences become ubiquitous, maladapted proprioceptive systems in novice flyers pose risks to themselves, other crew members, and expensive spacecraft equipment. We propose a framework to assess proprioceptive competence (introduced and defined in this thesis) through the metric of fluidity, a biomechanical property often used in medical rehabilitation and functional gait assessment. We designed, built, and pilot tested a wearable sensor system capable of inertial motion capture in the parabolic flight environment. Through comparing whole-body joint fluidity in translation movements done in 1-g and microgravity, we found evidence suggesting an increased fluidity upon entry into microgravity and increased fluidity throughout microgravity exposure. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1515582023-08-01T03:48:08Z Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity Lin, Shu-Yu (Michelle) Arquilla, Katya Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Microgravity poses a significant challenge for our neurovestibular and proprioceptive systems. Past spaceflight and parabolic research have shown degraded movement control upon microgravity exposure and adaptation of performance with time. However, most research does not address the functional, dynamic, whole-body movements we expect in spaceflight. In particular, as commercial microgravity experiences become ubiquitous, maladapted proprioceptive systems in novice flyers pose risks to themselves, other crew members, and expensive spacecraft equipment. We propose a framework to assess proprioceptive competence (introduced and defined in this thesis) through the metric of fluidity, a biomechanical property often used in medical rehabilitation and functional gait assessment. We designed, built, and pilot tested a wearable sensor system capable of inertial motion capture in the parabolic flight environment. Through comparing whole-body joint fluidity in translation movements done in 1-g and microgravity, we found evidence suggesting an increased fluidity upon entry into microgravity and increased fluidity throughout microgravity exposure. S.M. 2023-07-31T19:48:30Z 2023-07-31T19:48:30Z 2023-06 2023-06-16T11:28:37.053Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151558 0000-0001-9845-6652 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Lin, Shu-Yu (Michelle) Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity |
| title | Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity |
| title_full | Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity |
| title_fullStr | Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity |
| title_short | Wearable Sensor System for Quantifying Proprioceptive Competence in Microgravity |
| title_sort | wearable sensor system for quantifying proprioceptive competence in microgravity |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/151558 |
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