Computational approach to assess postural tests under microgravity conditions

Bibliographic Details
Parent link:MATEC Web of Conferences
Vol. 48 : Space Engineering.— 2016.— [05001, 5 p.]
Corporate Author: Национальный исследовательский Томский политехнический университет (ТПУ) Институт неразрушающего контроля (ИНК) Кафедра промышленной и медицинской электроники (ПМЭ)
Other Authors: Brazovsky (Brazovskii) K. S. Konstantin Stanislavovich, Fokin V. Vasilii, Tolmachev I. Ivan, Pekker Ja. Jacov, Hachaturyan D. David
Summary:Title screen
Human vestibular system is extremely fragile and rapidly degrades when gravity is significantly lower than the gravity of Earth. Unfortunately, current balance assessment tools, including state-of-start computerized centre-of-mass measurement platforms, cannot be used in space because of the low gravity. Thus, a problem of developing new methods to assess postural stability under microgravity conditions is very important. This paper describes a distance-based criterion to estimate multidimensional measurements and its application for postural tests assessment. It has been shown that proposed criterion may be effectively used to estimate the equilibrium function by means of low-end hardware, which does not rely on the gravitational force. The criterion was compared against several known indexes and its ability to distinguish disorders of the balance has been studied.
Language:English
Published: 2016
Series:Application of the Space Technologies in Biomedical Engineering and Environmental Monitoring
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/20164805001
http://earchive.tpu.ru/handle/11683/33698
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
KOHA link:https://koha.lib.tpu.ru/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=648949