[464] THE MOON GYM: EXERCISE CONCEPTS FOR LUNAR EXPLORATION MISSIONS

摘要

The European Space Agency (ESA) has recently announced that the Moon will be their next target for human space exploration missions. Current mission scenarios aim at utilising the lunar surface twofold, as an operational testbed for planetary explorations to Mars and beyond and to conduct research in a unique partial gravity setting (1 /6 of Earth's gravity). To date, not much is known about the physiological long-term effects of reduced gravity exposure. ESA's project'the moon gym' seeks to better understand the human physiological consequences of prolonged exposure to reduced gravity on the lunar surface and to develop exercise concepts to counteract the anticipated physiological deconditioning. As a first step a systematic literature review following the Cochrane Collaboration guidelines was conducted to screen various databases for evidence of physiological effects of real partial gravity exposure and partial gravity analogues. The literature search comprised search terms related to the cardiopulmonary and the musculoskeletal systems as well as to biomechanics.