The Effects of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Glove Pressure on Hand Strength
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2010
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The purpose of this study was to characterize hand strength, while wearing a Phase VI Extravehicular Activity (EVA) glove in an Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) suit. Three types of data were collected: hand grip, lateral pinch, and pulp-2 pinch, wider three different conditions: bare-handed, gloved with no Thermal Micrometeoroid Garment (TMG), and glove with TMG. In addition, during the gloved conditions, subjects were tested when unpressurized and pressurized (43 psi). As a percentage of bare-hand strength, the TMG condition showed reduction in grip strength to 55% unpressurized and 46% pressurized. Without the TMG, grip strength increased to 66% unpressurized and 58% pressurized of bare-hand strength. For lateral pinch strength, the reduction in strength was the same for both pressure conditions and with and without the TMG, about 8.5% of bare-hand Pulp-2 pinch strength with no TMG showed an increase to 122% unpressurized and 115% pressurized of bare-hand strength. While wearing the TMG, pulp-2 pinch strength was 115% of bare-hand strength for both pressure conditions.
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The Effects of Extravehicular Activity (EVA) Glove Pressure on Hand Strength
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Mesloh, Miranda ; England, Scott ; Benson, Elizabeth ; Thompson, Shelby ; Rajulu, Sudhakar |
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Veröffentlichung: | United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2010 |
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