A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name The Effect of a Change in Gravity on the Dynamic of Prehension and the Kinematics of the Upper Limb during Cyclic Arm Movements with a Hand-Held Load 2
Operational Nomenclature Prehension and Kinematics of the Upper Limb 2
URL https://hreda.esac.esa.int/hreda/#/pages/investigation;investigationAcronym=PrehensionKinematics_UpperLimb2_PARA
DOI https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-5544l38
Platform Parabolic Airplanes
HRE-E3P Category Human Research
Mission 27th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign
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 Jean-Louis Thonnard, Norman C. Heglund, Patrick A. Willems
Version 1.0
Publication TP Gosseye, Benedicte Schepens, Norman C. Heglund, Patrick A. Willems, 2007, Electromyographic pattern (EMG) of the lower limb muscles during running in weightlessness on a gravity simulator, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 10, S1, 193-194

TP Gosseye, Patrick A. Willems, Norman C. Heglund, 2010, Biomechanical analysis of running in weightlessness on a treadmill equipped with a subject loading system, European Journal of Applied Physiology, 110, 4, 709-728

TP Gosseye, Norman C. Heglund, Patrick A. Willems, 2009, Effect of the pull-down force magnitude on the external work during running in weightlessness on a treadmill, 4th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering, 23-27 November 2008, Antwerp, Belgium, 22, 2116-2119

GA Cavagna, Patrick A. Willems, Norman C. Heglund, 1998, Walking on Mars, Nature, 393, 636

GA Cavagna, Patrick A. Willems, Norman C. Heglund, 1999, Walking on Mars, in Proceedings of the 7th European Symposium on Life Sciences Research in Space, 29 May-2 June 1999, Maastricht, The Netherlands

GA Cavagna, Patrick A. Willems, Norman C. Heglund, 2000, The role of gravity in human walking: pendular energy exchange, external work and optimal speed, The Journal of Physiology, 528, 3, 657-668, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00657.x

AS Augurelle, M Penta, O White, Jean-Louis Thonnard, 2002, The effects of a change in gravity on the dynamics of prehension, 8th European Symposium on Life Science Research in Space/23rd Annual International Gravitational Physiology Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden, 2-7 June 2002

AS Augurelle, M Penta, O White, Jean-Louis Thonnard, 2003, The effect of a change in gravity on the dynamics of prehension, Journal of Neurophysiology, 148, 533-540

Vladimir Pletser, 2004, Short duration microgravity experiments in physical and life sciences during parabolic flights: the first 30 ESA campaigns, Acta Astronautica, 55, 10, 829-854, DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2004.04.006

TP Gosseye, Patrick A. Willems, Norman C. Heglund, 2005, Design of an active gravity simulator, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 8, S1, 121-122

GA Cavagna, Norman C. Heglund, Patrick A. Willems, 2005, Effect of an increase in gravity on the power output and the rebound of the body in human runnning, The Journal of Experimental Biology, 208, 2333-2346

Jean-Louis Thonnard, Laurent Opsomer, Philippe Lefèvre, Vladimir Pletser, Joe McIntyre, 2020, GRIP: Dexterous Manipulation of Objects in Weightlessness, in: Preparation of Space Experiments, ISBN: 978-1-78985-393-3, , Vladimir Pletser, DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.93462

O White, Y Bleyenheuft, R Ronsse, AM Smith, Jean-Louis Thonnard, Philippe Lefèvre, 2008, Altered gravity highlights Central Pattern Generator mechanisms, Journal of Neurophysiology, 100, 5, 2819-2824, DOI: 10.1152/jn.90436.2008
Temporal Coverage 1999-10-26T00:00:00Z/1999-10-28T00:00:00Z
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 2025-11-08T13:33:29Z
Last Update 2026-03-04
Publisher And Registrant European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines European Space Agency, Jean-Louis Thonnard et al., 2025, 'Prehension and Kinematics of the Upper Limb 2', 1.0, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.57780/esa-5544l38