Uneven terrain affects metabolic cost and gait in simulated complex lunar surfaces

• Published in: Physiological measurement Vol. 44; no. 10; pp. 104001 - 104008
• Main Authors: Kim, Kyoung Jae, Baughman, Alexander, Estep, Patrick, Rivas, Eric, Young, Millennia, Marshall-Goebel, Karina, Abercromby, Andrew, Somers, Jeffrey
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England IOP Publishing 06.10.2023
• Subjects: energy expenditure; Energy Metabolism; Female; Gait; Humans; Male; Moon; planetary extravehicular activity; terrain; Walking; wearable system; wearable system; planetary extravehicular activity; energy expenditure; gait; terrain

Objective . Upcoming missions of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Moon will include extensive human exploration of the lunar surface. Walking will be essential for many exploration tasks, and metabolic cost during ambulation on simulated complex lunar surfaces requires...