A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name Skinsuit - Operational and Technical Evaluation of Gravity Loading Countermeasure Skinsuit
Operational Nomenclature SKINSUIT
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=Skinsuit_ISS
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-k80asm8
Platform ISS
HRE-E3P Category Human Research
Mission Inc43, Inc44, Inc49, Inc50, Inc51, Inc52
Keywords ESA Human and Robotic Exploration data, HREDA dataset, Human and Robotic Exploration Data Archive, ESA exploration mission data, human spaceflight experiment data, robotic exploration telemetry dataset, International Space Station experiment data, ISS Columbus module data, microgravity research dataset, life sciences space experiment data, space physiology measurements dataset, radiation exposure measurements spaceflight, life support systems performance data, closed-loop environmental control data, ECLSS telemetry dataset, astronaut biomedical monitoring data, space habitat systems engineering data, robotic surface operations dataset, planetary exploration robotics data, lunar exploration technology demonstration data, Mars analog experiment dataset, in-situ resource utilization ISRU experiment data, space systems engineering telemetry, mission operations engineering data, payload performance dataset, calibrated experiment data products, time-series telemetry data, spaceflight sensor measurements, ESA exploration science archive data, long-duration spaceflight research dataset
Team Coordinator Name David Andrew Green
Version 1.0
Team Members Skinsuit_ISS
Publication J Waldie, K Tanaka, D Toubier, P Webb, CW Jarvic, Alan R. Hargens, 2003, Compression under mechanical counter-pressure spacesuit glove, Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 9, 93-97

BK Doan, Y Kwon, RU Newton, J Shim, EM Popper, RA Rogers, LR Bolt, M Robertson, WJ Kraemer, 2003, Evaluation of a lower-body compression garment, Journal of Sports Sciences, 21, 601-610

EP Tichomoriv, 2001, Structural features of Prophylactic loading suit pinguin used to treat locomotory disorders, Achievements in Space Medicine into Health Care Practice and Industry Congress, 29-30 March 2001, Berlin, Germany

K Semenova, 1997, Basis for a method of dynamic proprioceptive correction in the restorative treatment of patients with residual-stage infantile cerebral palsy, Neuroscience and Behavioral Physiology, 27, 639-643

EL Kerstman, RA Scheuring, MG Barnes, TB DeKorse, LG Saile, 2012, Space Adaptation Back Pain: A retrospective study, Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine, 83, 2-7

T Bernhardt, GS Anderson, 2005, Influence of moderate prophylactic compression on sport performance, Journal of Strength and Conditioning, 19, 292-297

S Bar-Haim, N Harries, M Belokopytov, A Frank, L Copeliovitch, J Kaplanski, E Lahat, 2006, Comparison of efficacy of Adeli suit and neurodevelopmental treatments in children with cerebral palsy, Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 48, 325-330

A Turner, 2006, The efficacy of Adeli suit treatment in children with cerebral palsy, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 48, 325-330

J Shapiro, V Schneider, 2000, Countermeasure Development: Future Research Targets, Journal of Gravitational Physiology, 7, 1-4

J Waldie, 2005, Mechanical Counter Pressure Space Suits: Advantages, limitations and concepts for Martian exploration, The Mars Society, NASA

SL Johnston, MR Campbell, R Scheuring, Alan H. Feiveson, 2010, Risk of herniated Nucleus Pulposus among US astronauts, Aviation Space & Environmental Medicine, 81, 566-574

J Waldie, D Newman, 2011, A gravity loading countermeasure skinsuit, Acta Astronautica, 68, 722-730

S Judex, TS Gross, RF Zernicke, 1997, Strain gradients correlate with sites of exerciseinduced bone-forming surfaces in the adult skeleton, Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 12, 1737-1745

EN Corlett, RPA Bishop, 1976, A technique for assessing postural discomfort, Ergonomics, 19, 175-182

Alan R. Hargens, AG McClure, MJ Skyhar, RL Lieber, DH Gershuni, WH Akeson, 1987, Local compression patterns beneath pneumatic tourniquets applied to arms and thighs of human cadavera, Journal of Orthopaedic Research, 5, 247-252

G Severin, 1991, Pingvin-3: Muscle and Bone Loading Suit, Aviaexport USSR, Moscow

TS Keller, AM Strauss, 1993, Predicting skeletal adaptation in altered gravity environments, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, 46, 87-96

IB Kozlovskaya, AI Grigoriev, VI Stepantzov, 1995, Countermeasure of the negative effects of weightlessness on physical systems in long-term space flights, Acta Astronautica, 36, 661-668

Joan Vernikos, DA Ludwig, AC Ertl, CE Wade, L Keil, D O´Hara, 1996, Effect of standing or walking on physiological changes induced by head down bed rest: implications for spaceflight, Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 67, 11, 1069-1079
Temporal Coverage 2015-03-12T00:00:00Z/2017-09-02T00:00:00Z
Mission Description The HRE Data Archive (HREDA) collects information and data of investigations funded or co-funded by ESA’s Directorate for Human and Robotic Exploration (HRE) and performed on microgravity and ground-based facilities since 1972.
Creator Contact https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/help/contact
Date Published 2025-11-09T10:33:01Z
Last Update 2026-07-09
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, David Andrew Green, 2025, 'SKINSUIT', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-k80asm8
Rights Data hosted in the ESA Space Science Archives are distributed under the CC BY-NC 3.0 IGO license.