Desenvolvimento de um equipamento para exercício de força visando ao melhor desempenho dos membros superiores para a massagem cardíaca externa em ambientes de hipo e microgravidade

• Autor(a) principal: Colognese, Lara
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional PUCRS
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10923/3214
• topic: ENGENHARIA BIOMÉDICA; ENGENHARIA AEROESPACIAL; ENGENHARIA ELÉTRICA; MEMBROS SUPERIORES - ANATOMIA; EXERCÍCIOS FÍSICOS; RESSUSCITAÇÃO CARDIOPULMONAR

Basic Life Support (BLS) has become a fundamental requirement in the training of astronauts due to large reduction in their physical conditioning that can occur, caused by prolonged periods in microgravity, the increased age of those taking part, and the rise in activity of moonwalk missions when compared to the beginning of manned space flights. At the same time, the absence or reduction of body weight in these environments makes it difficult or almost impossible to carry out Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) in space. Associated with this, the exercises performed in space missions to activate the cardiovascular system and try to reduce the loss of muscle mass and bone tissue concentrates on the lower limbs, since they act on Earth as the anti-gravitational ones. The understanding of this issue has encouraged this study, which was intended to develop resistance exercise equipment for the upper limbs (UL) in environments of hypo and microgravity, aimed at improving and increasing the muscle capacity of UL, essential for the proper conduct of External Cardiac Massage (ECM) in manned space missions and on manned bases in space. This equipment meets the requirements of more portability, operability, safety and hygiene, can be adapted to any individual and is capable of providing stress to the UL with maximum performance, the level of intensity of loads adjustable for each user, providing precise adjustment of control, and placement of information.