Augmentation of Blood Circulation to the Fingers through Wrist Warming to Enhance Finger Comfort during Long-Duration EVA
1999-01-1969
07/12/1999
- Event
- Content
- This pilot study explored the effectiveness of local wrist warming as a potential countermeasure for providing finger comfort during extended duration EVA. Four subjects (3 males and 1 female) were evaluated in three different experimental conditions. Two additional body surface and wrist thermal conditions were evaluated on a smaller number of subjects. Wrist warming significantly increased finger temperature in ambient temperature. A clear positive effect to the fingers was evident when total body heat deficit was 30% of basal metabolic heat production in resting conditions. These initial findings indicate that wrist warming has considerable potential for increasing astronaut comfort during EVA while decreasing power requirements.
- Pages
- 10
- Citation
- Koscheyev, V., Trevino, R., Leon, G., Tranchida, D. et al., "Augmentation of Blood Circulation to the Fingers through Wrist Warming to Enhance Finger Comfort during Long-Duration EVA," SAE Technical Paper 1999-01-1969, 1999, https://doi.org/10.4271/1999-01-1969.